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| Antonin Artaud's ideas and the terms invented by him - most
famously the "Theatre of Cruelty" - are a vital part
of theatre's every day vocabulary. |
| This book demonstrates how his theories, his practice and
his influence interlink by exploring Artaud's proposal for a
Theatre of Cruelty and assessing the extent to which he achieved
his aims during his own lifetime. |
| Lee Jamieson studied for his research MA
in Theatre Studies at Warwick University. for the past five
years he has been writing and lecturing on the subject at Stratford-upon-Avon
college. |
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| About the Student Guide Literary Series |
| The Times Educational Supplement: "The
style of [this series] has a pressure of meaning behind it.
Students should learn from that...If art is about selection,
perception and taste, then this is it." |
