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Cruelty in the theatre is unrelenting decisiveness, diligence, strictness.

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Antonin Artaud
Age: 51 †
Born: 1896
Born: September 4
Died: 1948
Died: March 4
Actor
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Comedy Writer
Director
Essayist
Film Actor
Film Critic
Film Director
Painter
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Poet
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Marseille
France
Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud
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Theatre
Strictness
Decisiveness

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