The Dramatic Concepts of Antonin Artaud

<p>Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) conceived and inaugurated the Theater of Cruelty a dramatic movement that has had a profound influence on the avant-garde theater in Europe and the United States. The movement is exemplified by the Peter Brook production of <em>Marat/Sade</em>. This book the first to analyze Artaud's theories their sources and the extent to which he succeeded in implementing them in his own plays is now available in a 2017 edition readily accessible to scholars and interested fans of literary criticism and the modern theater worldwide. The new edition adds a thoughtful Foreword by Professor Peter Thompson of Roger Williams University.</p><p>Originally published by The University of Chicago Press the book is brought to a new generation by Quid Pro Books in modern print and digital editions. This is a library-quality hardcover edition.</p><blockquote><p>“It is a vital thoroughly documented theater arts document containing a truly comprehensive bibliography. The writer’s manner is direct his conclusions informative and the scope of his analysis far exceeds any other work yet published on Artaud.”<br />— Choice (in reviewing the first edition)</p></blockquote>