by Antonin Artaud · Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A. · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788435015028
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«El teatro y su doble» is Antonin Artaud's essay on theatre theory, published by Edhasa in paperback (162 pages, in Spanish).
Artaud sets out the foundations of the theatre of cruelty, a staging that seeks to shake the spectator through sensory and physical means, not only through the plot. He rejects psychological and realist theatre to champion gesture, movement, voice and scenography as paths to a ritual, almost mythical experience.
Originally published in French as «Le Théâtre et son Double» in 1938, this 1999 edition features a translation by Enrique Alonso and Federico Abelenda and belongs to Edhasa's Pocket collection.
A reference work for theatre students, playwrights and audiences interested in the twentieth-century avant-garde stage.
Antoine Maria Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud, was a French artist who worked across a variety of media. He is best known for his writings, as well as his work in the theatre and cinema. Widely recognized as a major figure of the European avant-garde, he had a particularly strong influence on twentieth-century theatre through his conceptualization of the Theatre of Cruelty. Known for his raw, surreal and transgressive work, his texts explored themes from the cosmologies of ancient cultures, philosophy, the occult, mysticism and indigenous Mexican and Balinese practices.
