Antonin Artaud

Antonin Artaud was an active theatre-maker and theorist whose ideas reshaped contemporary approaches to performance. This is the first book to combine

• an overview of Artaud¿s life with a focus on his work as an actor and director;
• an analysis of his key theories, including the Theatre of Cruelty and the double;
• a consideration of his work as a director at the Th¿re Alfred Jarry and his production of Strindberg¿s A Dream Play; and
• a series of practical exercises to develop an approach to theatre based on Artaud¿s key ideas.

As a first step towards critical understanding and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary resear