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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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Jubal Brown's Self Defecating Theatre of Cruelty was put together by a group of filmmakers and artists who were instructed to think of something that disturbed them severely, and then commit it to film. Like Antonin Artaud, who created the Theatre of Cruelty more than 60 years ago, said: ``I realized the fact that the only language which I could have with an audience was to bring bombs out of my pockets and throw them in the audience's face. |
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