Antonin Artaud was a French dramatist, poet, essayist, actor, and theatre director, widely recognized as one of the major figures of twentieth-century theatre, literature and the E...ver maisAntonin Artaud was a French dramatist, poet, essayist, actor, and theatre director, widely recognized as one of the major figures of twentieth-century theatre, literature and the European avant-garde. He is best known for conceptualizing the Theatre of Cruelty.ver menos