Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty - Albert Bermel

I recently had to write a detailed essay about Antonin Artaud, an influential theatre practitioner, who tried (and failed) to create a style of performance called "The Theatre of Cruelty." in summary, the "theatre of cruelty" was designed to provide spiritual healing through the medium of theatre. Artaud argued that cruelty was a method for healing, as one emerges renewed and refreshed, having faced ones own cruelties. the "theatre of cruelty" is not about being cruel to the audience. Artaud says that he "used the word cruelty, as he would have used the word life." This source is a biography of Artaud, though ...  Read the complete review