Antonin Artaud

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Antonin Artaud (September 4, 1896, in Marseille – March 4, 1948 in Paris) was a French playwright, poet, actor and theatre director. Antonin is a diminutive form of Antoine "little Anthony", and was among a list of names which Artaud used throughout his writing career. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Antonin Artaud licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Mathusalem (1927)

Mathusalem (or Methuselah) is a 1922 play by Ivan Goll, considered a precursor of the theater of the absurd. The 1927 run of the play saw five sequences-- some of Jean Painlevé's earliest film work-- projected against a backdrop of white clouds.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Painlevé
CAST:  Antonin Artaud  •  Marcel Barencey  •  Henri Marchand  •  Jean Painlevé

Mathusalem (or Methuselah) is a 1922 play by Ivan Goll, considered a precursor of the theater of the absurd. The 1927 run of the play saw five sequences-- some of Jean Painlevé's earliest film work-- projected against a backdrop of white clouds.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Painlevé
CAST:  Antonin Artaud  •  Marcel Barencey  •  Henri Marchand  •  Jean Painlevé

Verdun, memories of history (1931)

A visitor from the western front tells young children, in a sober commentary, about the battle of Verdun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Poirier
CAST:  Paul Amiot  •  Antonin Artaud  •  Thomy Bourdelle  •  Hans Brausewetter

A visitor from the western front tells young children, in a sober commentary, about the battle of Verdun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léon Poirier
CAST:  Paul Amiot  •  Antonin Artaud  •  Thomy Bourdelle  •  Hans Brausewetter
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