Antonin Artaud Biography

Antonin Artaud biography

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NAME: Antonin Artaud
OCCUPATION: Theater Actor, Playwright, Poet
BIRTH DATE: September 24, 1896
DEATH DATE: March 04, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH: Marseille, France
PLACE OF DEATH: Ivry-sur-Sein, Ireland

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Antonin Artaud was a French actor, costume designer and writer who revolutionized drama with his idea of a Theater of Cruelty.

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Born in Marseilles, France, on September 4, 1896, Antonin Artaud worked as an actor onstage and in film with works like La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc. He was involved in the surrealist movement as a writer and came up with the idea known as The Theater of Cruelty, which argued that drama must abandon its emphasis on text and rely on more mysterious, primal expressions of sound, movement and light. Artaud died on March 4, 1948, in Ireland.