Artaud

American

[ar-toh] / arˈtoʊ /

noun

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

Artaud British

/ arto /

noun

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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It is also, as Artaud specified, immersive, sensational, extreme.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

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

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2021

Theater directors Antonin Artaud, Jerzy Grotowski and Augusto Boal believed the answer to the mystery could be found in ritual.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2020

This sensibility drove his work as a translator, bringing the works of Artaud or Hölderin to American readers as an act of empathy.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 18, 2019

The young priest lowered his eyes, and gazed upon the village of Les Artaud.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile

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