Artuad

Artuad

1. the Théâtre Alfred Jarry was Artuads experimental theatre comanpy

2. Around the age of 40 his work was destroyed by his the staff as a mental health ward, this was said to be "in the name of therapy"

   • He continued to construct master pieces as he struggled through different health wards
   • His final piece of work was a french sound monologue entitled “To Have Done With The Judgement Of God”
   • Obcenities, offensive and violent messages
   • This is said to explain his obseession with madness and obscure mental states

3. The Theatre of Cuelty

   • Relating to theatre roles and the characters
     • Human issues
       • Death
       • Sickness
       • Madness
     • Ritual arena
     • Searching for the darkness within themselves
       • "Primal self"
     • Animal urges
   • Business of theatrical producation
     • Minimal spoken words
     • Physical movement to convey emotions
     • Symbolic gestures
     • Sound
       • Screaming
       • Shouting
       • Animalistic roars

4. Influence on theatre

   • Brook
   • Grotowski
   • Peter Greenway (Film)