Artaud


Antonin
[ahn-taw-nan] /ɑ̃ tɔˈnɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1948, French actor, poet, and drama critic.
Historical Examples

The Artaud butcher had just slaughtered Matthew, the pig, in the shed.
Abbe Mouret’s Transgression Emile Zola

An Artaud, their ancestor, had come hither and settled like a pariah in this waste.
Abbe Mouret’s Transgression Emile Zola

He took duty temporarily at Artaud while Abbe Mouret was ill.
A Zola Dictionary J. G. Patterson

Artaud de Montor, F. Histoire des souverains pontifes romains.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte William Milligan Sloane

Thus we shall find three “Arlauds” and an “Artaud,” though I suspect the last named is a misprint.
Chats on Old Miniatures J. J. Foster

noun
Antonin (ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃). 1896–1948, French stage director and dramatist, whose concept of the theatre of cruelty is expounded in Manifeste du théâtre de la cruauté (1932) and Le Théâtre et son double (1938)

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