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by Antonin Artaud; Mary C. Richard (Translator)

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From the publisher

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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The archives of the little town of Cagliari, in Sardinia, contain the account of an astonishing historical fact.

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'The Theater and Its Double' is far and away the most important thing that has been written about the theater in the twentieth century. It should be read again and again. Artaud oozed magical desires. He was the metaphysician of the theater.---Jean-Loius Barrault

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  • Title The Theater and Its Double
  • Author Antonin Artaud; Mary C. Richard (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press, New York
  • Publication date 1994-01-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780802150301 / 0802150306
  • Weight 0.36 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.24 x 5.36 x 0.47 in (20.93 x 13.61 x 1.19 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: French
  • Category Performing Arts
  • Library of Congress subjects Theater, Teatro (Producao E Direcao)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 58009910
  • Dewey Decimal Code 792.01

About the author

Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), the author of The Theater and Its Double, was a Surrealist poet before breaking with the movement when it became too political. Better known as a theorist than an artist, his own works were often viewed as failures, but he was a major influence on such writers as Beckett, Genet, and Ionesco. He suffered from mental disorders that kept him in and out of asylums for much of his life.


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