Themes Īrtaud intended his work as an attack on theatrical convention and the importance of language of drama, opposing the vitality of the viewer's sensual experience against theatre as a contrived literary form, and urgency of expression against complacency on the part of the audience. He was 'surprised and amazed' at how the treatment pinpointed 'with precision and remarkable accuracy the deep, debilitating and demoralizing troubles that have afflicted for so long', something he related to 'the "exteriorization" of "latent cruelty" causing the "organic disorder" (OC 4: 33) in plague-victims'. : 105Īrtaud developed the essay while undergoing acupuncture therapy. Originally presented as a lecture at the Sorbonne (6 April 1933), it was revised and published in NRF (no. Originally published as a sixteen-page booklet by Éditions Denoël (Fontenay-Au-Roses, 1933). : 105 'Second Manifesto of The Theatre of Cruelty' (1932) Published in Spanish in the Buenos Aires-based magazine Sur (no. : 105 'Alchemist Theatre'/'El teatro alquemico' (1932) Originally presented as a lecture at the Sorbonne (). : 106 'Production and Metaphysics' (1932) Part 1 was published as 'The Balinese Theatre at the Colonial Exhibition' in NRF (no. :104 Chronological release 'On the Balinese Theatre' (1931) :51 He had been able to correct the text's proofs between his journeys to Ireland and Mexico. Artaud was in "a near catatonic state in the mental hospital of Sainte-Anne" in Paris when the book was finally published. :51 The books consists of Artaud's collected essays on theatre dating from the early thirties, many of which were published in Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF). The Theatre and Its Double was originally published 1 February 1938 as part of Gallimard's Métamorpheses Collection in an edition limited to 400 copies. It contains his most famous works on the theatre, including his manifestos for a Theatre of Cruelty.Ĭomposition and publication history The Theatre and Its Double ( Le Théâtre et son Double) is a collection of essays by French poet and playwright Antonin Artaud.
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