A production design for the play oedipus rex by sophoclese with the ideas of artaud.
Oedipus Rex is a classic Greek play, fitting the Aristotelian mould of tragedy. In my production of this piece, I would like to set it in a post-apocalyptic, futuristic stetting. In doing this, I would like to draw parallels between modern audiences and the original role of the audience for which the play was written.
I am also incorporating the ideas of Artaud, namely his target of Theatre of Cruelty;
'Theatre will never be itself …
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…what their role as audience is.
Bibliography
Aristotle<Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>Poetics, trans. Stephen Halliwell (Duckworth, 1987)
Artaud, Antonin<Tab/>Antonin Artaud, Collected Works Volume four (John Calder, 1997)
Macintosh, Ian<Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>Architecture, Actor and Audience (Routeledge, 1993)<Tab/><Tab/>
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