Antonin Artaut


Avant-garde French playwrite, essayist, and theorist.
Had problems with drug throughout his life.
“Theater of Cruelty”
Theater as “organized anarchy”
          Verbal incantations
           Groans and screams
           Pulsating lighting effects
           Oversized stage puppets and props
          He thought gestures and movements were more powerful than text.

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