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By Vassiliki Rapti

Taking as its aspect of departure the advanced query approximately even if Surrealist theatre exists, this booklet re-examines the a lot misunderstood creative medium of theatre inside of Surrealism, in particular compared to poetry and portray. This learn reconsiders Surrealist theatre in particular from the point of view of ludics-a poetics of play and games-an excellent method of the Surrealists, whose video games blur the bounds among the 'playful' and the 'serious.'

Vassiliki Rapti's goals are threefold: first, to demystify André Breton's debatable perspective towards theatre; moment, to do justice to Surrealist theatre, by means of highlighting the original personality that derives from its inherent component of play; and at last, to track the impression of Surrealist theatre in components some distance past its in most cases said effect at the Theatre of the Absurd-an impression being felt even at the modern international degree. starting with the Surrealists' 'one-into-another' online game and its representation of Breton's ludic dramatic thought, Rapti then examines the strains of this type of video game within the works of a wide selection of Surrealist and Post-Surrealist playwrights and degree administrators, from a number of diversified nations, and from the Nineteen Twenties to the current: Roger Vitrac, Antonin Artaud, Günter Berghaus, Nanos Valaoritis, Robert Wilson, and Megan Terry.

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