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- French Theatre Director (1898-1948)

-He created authentic and original work in post- war European theatre, his work was unlike anything else around at that time.

-He suffered from meningitis aged 4, leaving him with long term illness' and mental health issues.

-These mental health issues caused him to spend a large part of his life in mental asylums.

-He worked as an actor, director and theorist. Many of his ideas were never explored or performed.

-He didn't write particular techniques or methods down meaning we don't know what he used to create his works.

-Created 'Theatre of cruelty', wanting to challenge an audience, make them feel uncomfortable and scared so you can take it away from them to cause them to feel relief. He didn't want theatre to remain as just being about language and instead wanted to introduce other art forms into it, like music and special effects.

-Created a new type of theatre that would disturb an audience and provoke their thinking.