Context of the Theatre Theorist. Theorist: Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud Dramatist, poet, essayist, actor, theater director Type of theater: Theater of Cruelty Avant-garde theater A skeptic of old traditions and standards Author of: “Theater and its double” ORGANIZED ANARCHY Goal was to draw audience in and wake up their nerves and heart Irrational, feeling that life is meaningless or a man that's a puppet control by invisible outside forces Aspect of the Theory. What I will be pulling from Artaud Throughout my creative process, I kept in mind some of the philosophies of Artaud: The Plague: Artaud believed that theater should be like a plague that takes over the actor(s) and spreads to the entire audience. There is no way of escaping the plague. This idea was explored in the workshop I led for my IB theater class. Cruelty: “Without an element of cruelty at the root of ever spectacle, the theater is not possible. In our present state of degradation ...
