Antonin Artaud

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When was Artaud born?
4th September 1896
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Who was Antonin Artaud?
He was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director, widely recognized as one of the major figures of twentieth-century theatre and the European avant-garde
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What was he famous for?
Being one of the 20th century's most important theoreticians of the drama. He developed the theory of the Theater of Cruelty, which has influenced playwrights from Beckett to Genet, from Albee to Gelber.
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What was the Theatre of Cruelty?
It was a style of theatre which aimed to shock audiences through gesture, image, sound and lighting
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What were artauds biggest influences?
He was influenced largely by the work he did
at the Théâtre Alfred Jarry in 1926. Also, the movement and ideas based around surrealism and symbolism.
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What key things happened in Artauds life?
He was diagnosed with meningitis at age 4, he recovered, but became a depressed teenager. At 15, his parents put him through several sanitarium stays. He joined the french army, but was discharged due to his sleepwalking. He then went back into the sanita
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What elements would an Artaudian style performance include?
Use of ritual, masks, tradition and striking costumes; No scenery just symbolic objects; Combines with movement, lights and music - affect the emotion and subconscious - like dreams.
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What was the name of the play written by
Artaud in which his use of symbolism and scenery is captured within the stage directions
A Spurt/Jet of Blood
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What was the book called in which Artaud outlined his ideology/techniques
The Theatre and its Double
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Which group did he join, which were one of his major influences?
he joined the surrealist movement in October 1924. He produced several plays with
them. However, he was later rejected because he refused to renounce the theatre as a Bougois commercial artform.
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When did Artaud die?
4th March 1948
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