Theatre of Cruelty

By Jesse Russell

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Theatre of Cruelty (French: Th tre de la Cruaut ) is a surrealist form of theatre theorised by Antonin Artaud in his book The Theatre and its Double. "Without an element of cruelty at the root of every spectacle," he writes, "the theatre is not possible. In our present state of degeneration it is through the skin that metaphysics must be made to re-enter our minds." By "cruelty," Artaud referred not to sadism or causing pain, but rather a violent, austere, physical determination to shatter the false reality that, he wrote, "lies like a shroud over our perceptions."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5510856343
• ISBN13: 9785510856347
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"