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Theatre studies

Artaud's vision of a theatre that assails spectators' bodies and nerves with sound, light, gesture and ritual to shake them beyond rational language.

In theatre studies, theatre of cruelty refers to Artaud's vision of a theatre that assails spectators' bodies and nerves with sound, light, gesture and ritual to shake them beyond rational language. This meaning comes from Artaud (1938/1958) in The theater and its double.[1]

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  1. Artaud, A. (1958). The theater and its double (M. C. Richards, Trans.). Grove Press. (Original work published 1938) ISBN 9780802150301

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