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Mari Joseph Antonin Artaud (1896-1948)

He was an actor, essayist, poet, theater director, playwright, but became famous as a theorist of theater. His epoch-making theoretical work Theater and Its Double affected the work of the most important theater artists after him. Mari Joseph Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) is one of the most important figures of twentieth century theater.

Unfortunately, his work is unjustly viewed inextricably linked with psychological problems who followed him throughout life. Namely, as a four-year survived a severe form of meningitis, which occurred as a result of fatal falls on the head and caused lasting consequences for his mental health. ,, most fertile culture is not one that enjoys the support and privileges court, but the ones that live in the light of challenges ,,. Arte Armanini, The fact that Arto has spent nine years in psychiatric institutions, subjected to electric shocks and detoxification from opiates, which was initially treated for severe clinical depression and neuralgia, served as an unclean support for the creation myth of his madness.

The main motive for the hatred Artoovog work, which is seen as a “product of madness”, appeared as a need to fit in the protection of culture “that enjoys the support and privileges court” because Arto brutally criticized the Western conception of culture and Western civilization in general. He talked about the necessity of changing not only the culture of theater, but also the entire Western society that orgy hiding behind the mask of conformity, lethargy, fossilized attitudes. which was initially treated for severe clinical depression and neuralgia, served as an unclean support for the creation myth of his madness.

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