Antonin Artaud
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Antonin Artaud was a French dramatist, poet, actor, and theorist best known for developing the radical "Theatre of Cruelty," which profoundly reshaped modern theatre and performance.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Antonin Artaud canonical | 7 |
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| instanceOf |
French person
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essayist ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ theatre theorist ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1896-09-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Marseille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concept | Theatre of Cruelty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1948-03-04 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Ivry-sur-Seine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
20th-century literature
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20th-century theatre ⓘ |
| familyName | Artaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
essays
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poetry ⓘ theatre theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Antoine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Experimental theatre
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Happenings NERFINISHED ⓘ Heiner Müller NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Genet NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerzy Grotowski NERFINISHED ⓘ Living Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ Performance art ⓘ Peter Brook NERFINISHED ⓘ Postmodern theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Balinese theatre
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Surrealism ⓘ Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | Theatre of Cruelty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| movement |
Avant-garde theatre
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Surrealism ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Héliogabale ou l’Anarchiste couronné
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Le Théâtre et son Double NERFINISHED ⓘ The Theatre and Its Double NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Gogh, The Man Suicided by Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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dramatist ⓘ poet ⓘ theatre director ⓘ theatre theorist ⓘ |
| subjectOf | studies in modern theatre theory ⓘ |
| theory |
emphasis on physicality and gesture in performance
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rejection of literary text as primary element of theatre ⓘ theatre as plague metaphor ⓘ use of shock and cruelty to awaken audiences ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.