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Artaud, Antonin |
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Artaud, Antonin (1896–1948)French actor, theatre director, and theorist. Although his play Les Cenci/The Cenci (1935) was a failure, his passionate manifestos in Theatre of Cruelty (1931–36), advocating the release of feelings usually repressed in the unconscious, have been an important influence on modern dramatists and directors, such as Brook and Grotowski. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| ``I first knew of the tribe from a book by Antonin Artaud (the French philosopher, actor and poet who was a member of the surrealist movement),'' Koike said. This is dialectical believability as Artaud might have it: Lois is not merely fictive, but a symptom. A couple of flat bars and some beer, and the best sessions would go down, I never would have thought that the spot would be where Antihero's movie, Tent City, would premier, Theatre Artaud, at 450 Florida St, is a huge art gallery that caters to live performances and shows that stay for weeks. |
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