Antonin Artaud

Antonin Artaud

Actor · Writer

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
September 4, 1896

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Antonin Artaud (September 4, 1896, in Marseille – March 4, 1948 in Paris) was a French playwright, poet, actor and theatre director. Antonin is a diminutive form of Antoine "little Anthony", and was among a list of names which Artaud used throughout his writing career. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Antonin Artaud licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Photo

Antonin Artaud 1
Antonin Artaud 2

Representative Works

Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia
5.3
/ French
Napoleon
Napoleon
7.8
/ French
L'Argent
L'Argent
7.0
/ French
Despair
Despair
6.5
/ English
Tarakanova
Tarakanova
4.5
/ French
Surcouf
Surcouf
7.0
/ French
News Item
News Item
7.4
/ French
Wooden Crosses
Wooden Crosses
7.1
/ French

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Lucrezia Borgia
1935Nominee

Best Performance

Lucrezia Borgia

The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928Winner

Best Performance

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Napoleon
1927Winner

Best Performance

Napoleon

Career Highlights

Napoléon Bonaparte
1935Highlight

Best Performance

Napoléon Bonaparte

The Torture of Silence
1917Highlight

Best Performance

The Torture of Silence