The Theater and Its Double
A collection of manifestos originally published in 1938, The Theater and Its Double is the fullest statement of the ideas of Antonin Artaud. “We cannot go on prostituting the idea of the theater, the only value of which is in its excruciating, magical relation to reality and danger,” he wrote. He...
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A collection of manifestos originally published in 1938, The Theater and Its Double is the fullest statement of the ideas of Antonin Artaud. “We cannot go on prostituting the idea of the theater, the only value of which is in its excruciating, magical relation to reality and danger,” he wrote. He fought vigorously against an encroaching conventionalism he found anathema to the very concept of theater. He sought to use theater to transcend writing, “to break through the language in order to touch life.”
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780802150301 (0802150306)
Publish date: January 7th 1994
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages no: 159
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Cultural,
Criticism,
Art,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Philosophy,
France,
Theory
I just re-read a little of this. After finishing Strip City I wanted something to read while hanging around the house one day but couldn't decide what to start next so I went with a little out of Theatre. It is one of my all time favorite peices of writing.I've picked this book apart so many times...
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