The Theater and Its Double (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Antonin Artaud
- First Published: 1938
- Type of Work: Theater criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Culture, Tradition, Mythology or myths, Art or artists, Symbolism, Cruelty, Drama or dramatists, Visions, epiphanies, or revelations, Modernization
Form and Content
After he had completed his play Les Cenci (1935; The Cenci, 1969), Antonin Artaud conceived of the idea of collecting his writings on theater into a book that would outline his vision for a new kind of theater. Despite his failure to realize his vision in his production of The Cenci, Artaud continued to prepare new articles for his book and to crystallize his thinking on theater as he journeyed to Mexico to investigate the ritual performances of the Indians. In mid-voyage, Artaud settled on The Theater and Its Double as the...
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