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Le Théâtre et son double est une série d'essais écrit par Antonin Artaud et publiée en 1938 dans laquelle il développe le concept de théâtre de la cruauté. Le livre consiste en une série de courts « essais » exaltés, à la forme poétique très libre. Certains de ces essais sont tirés de conférences, et même de lettres, adressées, entre autres, à Jean Paulhan, André Gide et Marc Bloch. Cet ouvrage est notamment connu pour avoir décrit le théâtre comme une "Réalité virtuelle".
Founder of the Theatre of Cruelty and a strong influence on Peter Brook, Artaud dedicated his life and sanity to purging the French theatre of its enervating bourgeois tendencies. This book includes his major writings about theatre.
A collection of essays that details the author's radical theories on drama, which he saw as being stifled by conservatism and lack of experimentation. It contains the famous manifestos of the 'Theatre of Cruelty', analyses the underlying impulses of performance, and provides some suggestions on a physical training method for actors and actresses.
"Artaud remains one of the significant and influential theorists of modern theatre."--Gerald Rabkin, Rutgers University
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