Theatre of Cruelty is a term coined by Artuad in his book Theatre and its Double, in which he theorizes that theatre needs to return to its nonverbal roots, minimizing the dialogue and emphasizing an emotional experience not based on words.

A. Bermel has written:

'Artaud's theatre of cruelty'

Some of these practitioners may be considered as having expressionist values in theatre:

Bertolt Brecht 'Epic theatre'

Antonin Artaud- 'Theatre of Cruelty'

Grotowski 'Poor theatre' 'Lab Theatre'

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Working in the Theatre - 1976 America's New Theatre Companies 34-1 was released on:

USA: 2 December 2012