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“I, myself, spent 9 years in an insane asylum and never had any suicidal tendencies, but I know that every conversation I had with a psychiatrist during the morning visit made me long to hang myself because I was aware that I could not slit his throat.”

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Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud

Antonin Artaud was a French playwright, poet, and theatre theorist, considered one of the most important theatre thinkers of the 20th century. His works have had a profound impact on subsequent theatrical movements, particularly his theory of 'Theatre of Cruelty'. Born on September 4, 1896, he passed away on March 4, 1948. more

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