Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance.
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 Théâtre 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 research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today’s student.
Chapter 1: Biography in Social and Artistic Context; Chapter 2: Artaud’s Key Writings; Chapter 3: The Théâtre Alfred Jarry (1926-1929); Chapter 4: Practical exercises; Glossary; Bibliography
Biography
Blake Morris is an independent scholar and artist based in New York City. He has lectured on theatre and performance at universities in the United Kingdom, including the University of East London and Goldsmiths, University of London.
