The Theater and its Double (first printing)

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Grove Press. New York. 1958. 159 pages. First English-language Edtion; first printing. Book is about fine; minimal scant foxing along top page edges. Original D shows light soiling on front; foxing on rear and edges of flap folds. No edge chipping; only a few minor rubs. $3.95 price intact on flap. Artaud, noted French dramatist, poet, actor, and theoretician of the Surrealist movement attempted to replace the ?bourgeois? classical theater with his ?theatre of cruelty,? a primitive ceremonial experience intended to liberate the human subconscious and reveal man to himself. He was a major influence for a plethora of playwrights from Beckett to Genet, to Albee and Gelber. In all his magnificence he was deemed insane; and locked-up in an insane asylum for 9 of his last 11 years; before dying at 51 years of age. For the first time his manifestos were printed in English; and published here. A most important collection of writings from the surrealist who helped re-shape modern drama. First edition; first printing. Near fine/VG-. N° de ref. del artículo 002212

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