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Theatre of Cruelty |
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Theatre of CrueltyTheory advanced by Antonin Artaud, who believed the theatre's function was to rid audiences of the repressive effects of civilization and liberate their instinctual energy. He proposed to do so by shocking them with mythic spectacles that would include groans, screams, pulsating lights, and oversized stage puppets. He described the Theatre of Cruelty in his book The Theatre and Its Double (1938). Though only one of his plays, Les Cenci, was ever produced in accordance with his theory, his ideas influenced avant-garde movements such as the Living Theatre and the Theatre of the Absurd. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Not being a fan of the theater of cruelty, Hunt accidentally became part of it, hilariously, during the ABC press conference publicizing her new comedy, ``Life With Bonnie,'' when she started joshing with one of the assembled members of the Television Critics Association. The failure to consider the broader implications of Marlowe's theater of cruelty seems to me to be a serious limitation to this otherwise excellent study. For Foucault, this was politics practiced through the prism of Artaud's theater of cruelty. |
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