Antonin Artaud

Antonin Christina Joseph Artaud. Born - 4th September 1896 in Marseille, France. Died - 4th March 1948 (aged 51) in Paris, France. Died from intestinal cancer. Nationality - French Occupation - Theatre director, poet, actor, artist. Artaud used a mixture of strange and disturbing lighting, sound and other performance elements to effect his audience. He suffered with mental illnesses and drug addiction throughout his life. He said that all people that want to act are crazy, because not only do we take on our own problems on a day to day basis, but we want to give ourselves more grief by playing other people and carry their grief with us. He also said that all people are savages with secret desires to commit outrages, acting releases the urge to do this.