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Artaud on Theatre
Claude Schumacher
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Description for Artaud on Theatre
Paperback. This revised and updated edition of Artaud on Theatre contains all of his key writings on theatre and cinema from 1921 to his death in 1948, including new selections which have never before appeared in English. Editor(s): Singleton, Brian. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
With Brecht and Meyerhold, Antonin Artaud was one of the great visionaries of twentieth-century theatre, best known perhaps for what he called the "Theatre of Cruelty." This revised and updated edition of Artaud on Theatre contains all of his key writings on theatre and cinema from 1921 to his death in 1948, including new selections which have never before appeared in English. Together with an Introduction, biographical notes, and commentary, the collection charts Artaud's work from his early association with surrealism, through his founding of the Théâtre Alfred Jarry, to the invocation of his compelling vision in his most famous ... Read more
With Brecht and Meyerhold, Antonin Artaud was one of the great visionaries of twentieth-century theatre, best known perhaps for what he called the "Theatre of Cruelty." This revised and updated edition of Artaud on Theatre contains all of his key writings on theatre and cinema from 1921 to his death in 1948, including new selections which have never before appeared in English. Together with an Introduction, biographical notes, and commentary, the collection charts Artaud's work from his early association with surrealism, through his founding of the Théâtre Alfred Jarry, to the invocation of his compelling vision in his most famous ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566635585
SKU
V9781566635585
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About Claude Schumacher
Claude Schumacher has also written Staging the Holocaust and edited Naturalism and Symbolism in European Theatre. He lives in London.
Reviews for Artaud on Theatre
…Artaud deserves his place as one of theatre's foremost thinkers…. With cogent commentary by Claude Schumacher and Brian Singleton.
Book News, Inc.
A must for any serious academic scholar on theater, Artaud's work is also a...thought-provoking read on the serious critical nature of the medium itself.
The Bloomsbury Review
One of the great daring mapmakers of ... Read more
Book News, Inc.
A must for any serious academic scholar on theater, Artaud's work is also a...thought-provoking read on the serious critical nature of the medium itself.
The Bloomsbury Review
One of the great daring mapmakers of ... Read more