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The Theater and Its Double

The Theater and Its Double

by Antonin Artaud

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3.5 (2 reviews)
Pages
176

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...

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forline

Nov 12th, 2015

not really my favorite genre but interesting nonetheless

Keith

Jul 30th, 2013

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