Antonin Artaud

<p><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>Antonin Artaud was an active theatre-maker and theorist whose ideas reshaped contemporary approaches to performance. This is the first book to combine</p><ul> <p> </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 Théâtre 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>As a first step towards critical understanding and as an initial exploration before going on to further primary research <em>Routledge Performance Practitioners</em> are unbeatable value for today’s student.</p>