Artaud on Theatre Book

	Antonin Artaud : a biographical outline
	Artaud's artistic activities
	Artaud and theatre
	Artaud and madness
	Artaud, east and west
Pt. 1	Early writings (Paris 1921-5)
	Charles Dullin's L'Atelier	3
	To Max Jacob	4
	To Mademoiselle Yvonne Gilles	5
	L'Atelier theatre	6
	'Six characters in search of an author'	8
	Maurice Maeterlinck	9
	The evolution of set design	13
	To the director of the Comedie-Francaise	16
	Letter to the chancellors of the European universities	18
	'The spurt of blood'	19
	The umbilical limbo	22
	All writing is filth	23
Pt. 2	The Alfred Jarry Theatre (1926-30)
	The Alfred Jarry Theatre (1926-7)	29
	Manifesto for an abortive theatre	34
	To Jean Paulhan	36
	The Alfred Jarry Theatre (1928)	38
	To Genica Athanasiou	40
	'A dream play' by Strindberg	41
	The Alfred Jarry Theatre (1929)	43
	The Alfred Jarry Theatre and public hostility (1930)	44
	To Roger Vitrac	47
	Three letters to Louis Jouvet	49
Pt. 3	Cinema (1926-32)
	Cinema and reality	57
	'The shell and the Clergyman'	59
	To Madame Yvonne Allendy	60
	To Rene Daumal	62
	To Jean Paulhan	64
Pt. 4	The NRF theatre project (1931-3)
	To Jean-Richard Bloch	69
	To Marcel Dalio	70
	The theatre I'm about to set up	72
	To Andre Gide	76
	Three letters to Jean Paulhan	79
	Letter to 'Comoedia'	83
	To a friend	86
	To Natalie Clifford Barney	88
	To Orane Demazis	89
	'The conquest of Mexico'	91
Pt. 5	'The theatre and its double' (1931-7)
	'The theatre and its double'	97
	On the Balinese Theatre	98
	'Mise en scene' and metaphysics	102
	Alchemist Theatre	108
	The theatre of cruelty - first manifesto	112
	Letters on cruelty	118
	Theatre and cruelty	120
	Letters on language	123
	Theatre and the plague	127
	No more masterpieces	132
	Theatre and poetry	133
	Oriental and western theatre	135
	Theatre is first ritualistic and magical ...	138
	An affective athleticism	139
	Theatre and culture	142
	Theatre and the gods	145
	A Medea without fire	153
Pt. 6	'The Cenci' (1935)
	The Cenci	159
	To Andre Gide	160
	'The Cenci'	162
	The tragedy 'The Cenci' at the Folies-Wagram	164
	After 'The Cenci'	166
	To Jean-Louis Barrault	167
	'Around a mother'	169
Pt. 7	Religion and sexuality (Rodez 1943-6)
	Artaud, religion and sexuality	175
	To Anne Manson	177
	To Andre Breton	178
	To Frederic Delanglade	180
	To Doctor J. Latremoliere	182
	To Sonia Mosse	183
	To Roger Blin	186
Pt. 8	Return to Paris (1946-8)
	Theatre and anatomy	191
	To Peter Watson	194
	'Tete-a-tete with Antonin Artaud'	201
	Letters to Andre Breton	204
	Deranging the actor	212
	Theatre and science	216
	To put an end to the judgement of God	220
	The question arises of ...	222
	To Wladimir Porche, director of broadcasting	228
	To Rene Guilly	230
	To Paule Thevenin	232
	Who am I? / Qui suis-je?	234