Artaud

American  

[ar-toh] / arˈtoʊ /

noun

1. Antonin 1896–1948, French actor, poet, and drama critic.

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Artaud British  

/ arto /

noun

1. Antonin (ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃). 1896–1948, French stage director and dramatist, whose concept of the theatre of cruelty is expounded in Manifeste du théâtre de la cruauté (1932) and Le Théâtre et son double (1938)

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Artaud

Mossé, writes Taylor, was romantically involved with the French dramatist Antonin Artaud.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2021

Artaud, who worked on the vault release, did not meet Vega until after his band covered a Vega song on “Psych Out Christmas,” a 2013 compilation.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2021

He was inspired by Antonin Artaud, a 20th century French dramatist who conceptualized a theater of cruelty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2019

The staging, incorporating plague doctor costumes, draws out the influence of the mad French theater visionary Antonin Artaud, who was himself obsessed with the plague as a theatrical metaphor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2017

He was now at Les Olivettes, the most fertile spot in the neighbourhood, where the mayor of the commune, Artaud, otherwise Bambousse, owned several fields of corn, olive plantations, and vines.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola