Antonin Artaud av Blake Morris

469,-

Kjøp

<EM>Routledge Performance Practitioners</EM> 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. <P></P><P>Antonin Artaud was an active theatre-maker and theorist whose ideas reshaped contemporary approaches to performance. This is the first book to combine</P><P></P><UL><P><LI>an overview of Artaud¿s life with a focus on his work as an actor and director;</LI><LI>an analysis of his key theories, including the Theatre of Cruelty and the double;</LI><LI>a consideration of his work as a director at the Th¿re Alfred Jarry and his production of Strindberg¿s <EM>A Dream Play</EM>; and</LI><LI>a series of practical exercises to develop an approach to theatre based on Artaud¿s key ideas.</LI></UL><P></P><P></P><P>As a first step towards critical understanding and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary resear