Artaud, Antonin
(1896–1948)French poet and playwright. His notion of a *theatre of cruelty had an enormous influence on 20th-century experimental theatre. Owing to illness, both mental and physical, Artaud spent a considerable portion of his childhood in hospital. This set a trend that was to continue for the rest of his life. He was conscripted into the army in ... ...
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