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Cruel visions: Artaud and late twentieth century theatre and film

Mills, Telford John Salisbury ( 2013)

This thesis centres on Antonin Artaud's The Theatre and its Double (1938), one of the most influential collections of theatre writing of the last century. The thesis aims to apply a critical framework of three concepts discussed in 'The Theatre of Cruelty' to analysis of three texts in late twentieth century theatre and film. The thesis will discuss the ongoing relevance of Artaud's manifesto through an investigation of works by playwrights Martin Crimp's The Treatment (1997) and Anthony Neilson's Normal (1990) and the filmmaker Todd Solondz's Happiness (1999). The creative section of this thesis is an original script that utilises Artaud's influence on late twentieth century theatre. The script is based on the life of Sue Lyon, the 'Lolita' of Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film.