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ANTONIN
ARTAUD
Statement from a performance
in April of 1933
at the Schoolroom of
the Sorbonne in Paris
" ...THEY
ALWAYS
WANT TO HEAR ABOUT;
THEY WANT TO HEAR
AN OBJECTIVE
CONFERENCE
ON
THE THEATER
AND THE PLAGUE.
I
WANT TO GIVE THEM
THE
EXPERIENCE
ITSELF...
THE PLAGUE ITSELF,
SO THEY
WILL BE
TERRIFIED
AND AWAKEN.
I WANT TO AWAKEN
THEM,
BECAUSE
THEY
DO NOT REALIZE
THEY ARE DEAD.
THEIR DEATH IS
TOTAL
LIKE
DEAFNESS
AND
BLINDNESS.
THIS IS
THE AGONY I PORTRAY.
MINE YES,
AND EVERYONE ELSE
WHO IS ALIVE.
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