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| What year was Artaud born? |
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| What happened to Artaud in 1901? |
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| He contracted meningitis and although cured it starts a lifetime of nervous disorders. |
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| What happened to Artaud in 1915? |
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| He started suffering from depression and destroyed all his first works. Then his parents send him to a sanatorium. |
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| What happened to Artaud in 1918? |
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| He is prescribed opium which leads to lifelong drug addiction. |
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| What happened to Artaud in 1924? |
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| He joined the Surrealist movement. |
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| What happened to Artaud in 1925? |
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| He became the director of the Surrealist Research Centre and he also publishes his collection of poetry and a scenario for his surrealist play 'The Jet of Blood'. |
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| What happened to Artaud in 1931? |
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| Despite his acute poverty, he continues to make films such as 'The Threepenny Opera' by Brecht, however, his dependence on drugs grows ever stronger. He also sees a performance of the Balinese dancers at the Colonial Exhibition in Paris which inspires his theory on 'The Theatre of Cruelty'. |
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| What happened to Artaud in 1938? |
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| His essays and manifestos are published together in the limited edition 'The Theatre and Its Double'. |
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| What happened to Artaud in 1948? |
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| He found out he was suffering from cancer at its worst stage and then he died alone at the age of 51 on 4th March sat on the end of his bed with a shoe still in his hand. He may have died of an overdose of chloral. |
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