Quiz 5 Flashcards
Jean Cocteau was
sometimes surrealist poet, playwright, filmmaker, stage designer, painter, sculptor, novelist
= an Orpheus
Jean Cocteau met
Serge Diaghilev in 1909
1910s, Diaghilev had said
“Jean, Etonnez- Moi”
= Amazed me
Diaghilev inspired Jean Cocteau to write
Parade with Pablo Picasso
Jean Cocteau’s symbols are
Glass, Mirrors, Angels, Horses
Antonin Artaud founded
theatre De L’oeuvre in Paris
1924, Antonin Artaud joined
Surrealists
Antonin Artaud’s Jet De Sang is
Surrealist
Antonin Artaud did
silent motion pictures
1931, Antonin Artaud’s xxxxxx of Gesture became the
starting point for his theory of “Theatre of Cruelty”
Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty is
A compilation of 1930s manifestos essay
Concept of Theatre of Cruelty ; divest
Theatre of logic&Verisimilitude
Concept of Theatre of Cruelty ; touch and bruise
the spectator to force involvement = an assault on the senses
Concept of Theatre of Cruelty ; fill the theatrical space with
a concrete language independent of the spoken word
Concept of Theatre of Cruelty ; use
violent and supernatural poetic images that evoke cosmic severity