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The Early Modern Theatre of Cruelty and its Doubles

Artaud and Influence. Avant-Gardes in Performance

By (author) Amanda Di Ponio
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland
Published: 10th Sep 2018
Dimensions: w 148mm h 210mm d 17mm
Weight: 492g
ISBN-10: 3319922483
ISBN-13: 9783319922485
Barcode No: 9783319922485
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Synopsis
This book examines the influence of the early modern period on Antonin Artaud's seminal work The Theatre and Its Double, arguing that Elizabethan and Jacobean drama and their early modern context are an integral part of the Theatre of Cruelty and essential to its very understanding. The chapters draw links between the early modern theatrical obsession with plague and regeneration, and how it is mirrored in Artaud's concept of cruelty in the theatre. As a discussion of the influence of Shakespeare and his contemporaries on Artaud, and the reciprocal influence of Artaud on contemporary interpretations of early modern drama, this book is an original addition to both the fields of early modern theatre studies and modern drama.

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