The Early Modern Theatre of Cruelty and Its Doubles

The Early Modern Theatre of Cruelty and Its Doubles Artaud and Influence - Avant-Gardes in Performance

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Publisher's 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9783030063931
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st Edition 2018
Language: English
Number of pages: 270
Weight: 454g
Height: 210mm
Width: 148mm