The Theater and Its Double Quiz

Antonin Artaud

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Preface: Theater and Culture

I. Theater and the Plague

II. Metaphysics and the Mise en Scène

III. The Alchemical Theater

IV. On the Balinese Theater

V. Oriental and Occidental Theater

VI. No More Masterpieces

VII. The Theater and Cruelty

VIII. The Theater of Cruelty (First Manifesto)

IX. Letters on Cruelty

X. Letters on Language

XI. The Theater of Cruelty (Second Manifesto)

XII. An Affective Athleticism

XIII. Two Notes

In Memoriam: Antonin Artaud By Maurice Saillet

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The Theater and Its Double Quiz

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How old was Artaud when he died? (from In Memoriam: Antonin Artaud By Maurice Saillet)

When did Artaud join the French Surrealists? (from In Memoriam: Antonin Artaud By Maurice Saillet)

In his first letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud writes "It seems, in brief, that the highest possible idea of the theater is one that reconciles us philosophically with _____." (from X. Letters on Language)

To whom does the author write his third letter from "Letters on Cruelty"? (from IX. Letters on Cruelty)

Artaud writes that to "restore [theater] to its original direction, to reinstate it in its religious and metaphysical aspect, is to reconcile it with ______." (from V. Oriental and Occidental Theater)