Antonin Artaud

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Antonin Artaud was a French dramatist, poet, actor, and theorist best known for developing the radical "Theatre of Cruelty," which profoundly reshaped modern theatre and performance.

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Antonin Artaud canonical 16
Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud 1
Artaud 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French person
essayist
human
playwright
poet
theatre theorist
birthCountry France
birthDate 1896-09-04
birthPlace Marseille
concept Theatre of Cruelty
deathCountry France
deathDate 1948-03-04
deathPlace Ivry-sur-Seine
era 20th-century literature
20th-century theatre
familyName Artaud
linked to: Antonin Artaud
fullName Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud
linked to: Antonin Artaud
genre essays
poetry
theatre theory
givenName Antoine
influenced Experimental theatre
Happenings
Heiner Müller
Jean Genet
Jerzy Grotowski
Living Theatre
Performance art
Peter Brook
Postmodern theatre
Samuel Beckett
influencedBy Balinese theatre
linked to: Balinese dance

Surrealism
Symbolism
knownFor Theatre of Cruelty
language French
movement Avant-garde theatre
linked to: Avant-garde

Surrealism
nationality French
notableWork Héliogabale ou l’Anarchiste couronné
Le Théâtre et son Double
The Theatre and Its Double
Van Gogh, The Man Suicided by Society
occupation actor
dramatist
poet
theatre director
theatre theorist
subjectOf studies in modern theatre theory
theory emphasis on physicality and gesture in performance
rejection of literary text as primary element of theatre
theatre as plague metaphor
use of shock and cruelty to awaken audiences

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Eugen Ionescu influencedBy Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud fullName Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud
linked to: Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud familyName Artaud
linked to: Antonin Artaud
Lautréamont influenced Antonin Artaud
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Roger Vitrac associatedWith Antonin Artaud
La Coquille et le Clergyman scenarioBy Antonin Artaud
Symbolist theatre influenced Antonin Artaud
La Coquille et le Clergyman screenwriter Antonin Artaud