The Theater and Its Double

A collection of manifestos originally published in 1938, The Theater and Its Double is the fullest statement of the ideas of Antonin Artaud. "We cannot go on prostituting the idea of the theater, the only value of which is in its excruciating, magical relation to reality and danger," he wrote. He fought vigorously against an encroaching conventionalism he found anathema to the very concept of theater. He sought to use theater to transcend writing, "to break through the language in order to touch life."

Author: Antonin Artaud
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 01/07/1994
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.36w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780802150301
ISBN10: 0802150306
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Theater | History & Criticism