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| Name: |
Antonin Artaud | | Birth Date: |
September 4, 1896 | | Death Date: |
March 4, 1948 | | Place of Birth: |
Marseilles, France | | Place of Death: |
Paris, France | | Nationality: |
French | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
dramatist, playwright |
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 Biography of Antonin Artaud
1458 words, approx. 4.9 pages
 Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) was one of the 20th century's most important theoreticians of the drama. He developed the theory of the Theater of Cruelty, which has influenced playwrights from Beckett to Genet, from Albee to Gelber. Antonin-Marie-Joseph Arta... summary from source:
 Biography of Antonin (Marie Joseph) Artaud
15661 words, approx. 52.2 pages
 When Antonin Artaud died of cancer in 1948 at the age of fifty-one, he was a marginal figure in the French artistic world. A minor motion-picture actor and founder of two short-lived avant-garde theater companies, Artaud was scarcely known as a writer ot...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 The Cenci Information
203 words, approx. 1 pages
The Cenci was a verse drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley written in the summer of 1819, and inspired by a real Italian family, the Cencis (in particular, Beatrice Cenci). The play was considered unperformable in its day due to its theme of incest, and was...
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 The Village Voice The Cenci
02/20/2008: 279 words, approx. 1 pages The Cenci By Antonin Artaud The Ohio Theatre 66 Wooster Street 866-811-4111 Poor, crazy Antonin Artaud, creator of the Theater of Cruelty, remains misunderstood everywhere. By "cruelty," he meant that he wanted to rip theater from the jaws of... summary from source:
The Boston Globe Silvana Cenci, Sculpted With Explosives; At 74
10/03/2000: 314 words, approx. 1 pages Silvana Cenci, a sculptor who blasted her way onto the local art scene in the 1960s, died Sunday in her home in Gray, Maine. She was 74. Ms. Cenci worked primarily in stainless steel. She fashioned fountains and other works for many public...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Roger Blood
16,405 words, approx. 55 pages
In the following essay, Blood comments on The Cenci's critical reception and considers theoretical interpretations of the play.
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Critical Essay by Kenneth N. Cameron and Horst Frenz
12,578 words, approx. 42 pages
In the following essay, Cameron and Frenz summarize the critical response to various performances of The Cenci across Europe and the United States, highlighting the complications involved in staging the play and reappraising Shelley's talents as a dramatist.
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Critical Essay by Margot Harrison
11,393 words, approx. 38 pages
In the following essay, Harrison contrasts Shelley's opinions on romantic drama espoused in his Preface to The Cenci with those implicit in the play itself.
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