The author is investigating the influence of Artaud's 'Theater of Cruelty' in the creation of Sarah Kane. The drama 'Cleansed' is fulfilling Artaud´s vision on theatre whose aim is to lead a spectator towards a new authentic experience, understanding and self- recognition. The author is working with all symbols of cruelty. 'The audience is in fact searching in love, crime, drugs, war or uprising for a poetic status which is being transcended' - wrote Antonin Artaud, and the author states, that Sarah Kane in her play 'Cleansed' has approached this kind of perceived poetic status.
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