@book {664486,
title = {Ludics in Surrealist Theatre and Beyond},
year = {2013},
publisher = {Ashgate },
organization = {Ashgate },
address = {Burlington, VT},
abstract = {
- Taking as its point of departure the complex question about whether Surrealist theatre exists, this book re-examines the much misunderstood artistic medium of theatre within Surrealism, especially when compared to poetry and painting. This study reconsiders Surrealist theatre specifically from the perspective of ludics-a poetics of play and games-an ideal approach to the Surrealists, whose games blur the boundaries between the {\textquoteright}playful{\textquoteright} and the {\textquoteright}serious.{\textquoteright}
Vassiliki Rapti{\textquoteright}s aims are threefold: first, to demystify Andr{\'e} Breton{\textquoteright}s controversial attitude toward theatre; second, to do justice to Surrealist theatre, by highlighting the unique character that derives from its inherent element of play; and finally, to trace the impact of Surrealist theatre in areas far beyond its generally acknowledged influence on the Theatre of the Absurd-an impact being felt even on the contemporary world stage. Beginning with the Surrealists{\textquoteright} {\textquoteright}one-into-another{\textquoteright} game and its illustration of Breton{\textquoteright}s ludic dramatic theory, Rapti then examines the traces of this kind of game in the works of a wide variety of Surrealist and Post-Surrealist playwrights and stage directors, from several different countries, and from the 1920s to the present: Roger Vitrac, Antonin Artaud, G{\"u}nter Berghaus, Nanos Valaoritis, Robert Wilson, and Megan Terry.
},
url = {https://www.routledge.com/Ludics-in-Surrealist-Theatre-and-Beyond/Rapti/p/book/9781138268722},
author = {Vassiliki Rapti}
}