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&
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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.
To
Full performance piece
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in clear language
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and Drawings