In both cases, Futurist and Anarchist art became symptomatic of the movements' wider desire for political and social liberation, as Varias puts it, "Paris' fin-de-siècle character was also evident in the struggle for stylistic freedom and aesthetic expression that its avant-garde poets, painters, and sculptors led against the conformist demands and... the rigid, oppressive forces of traditional standards"4. ... But what is it about the stage, both the interactions performed on it and the audience's engagement with it, that imbues it with the revolutionary potential to int...

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