Publication and Production History
When Jet of Blood was written in 1925, it was included with Artaud’s other writings Paul les Oiseaux and Le Vitre d’Amour in a folder labeled Trois Contes. After its completion, Jet of Blood was not mentioned in Artaud’s published letters, nor was it discussed by his acquaintances or biographers. Despite this apparent omission, Artaud included the play in his second book L’Ombilic de Limbes, published by the Nouvelle Revue Francaise. There are several published translations, including English translations by Ruby Cohn, Victor Corti, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Helen Weaver, and George Wellwarth.
The 1926 publicity blurb for Artaud’s Théatre Alfred Jarry listed the premiere of Jet of Blood in their season, however the production was never mounted. The first production took place almost 40 years after it was written, during the Royal Shakespeare Company 'Season of Cruelty' in 1964.
Ruby Cohn's translation of Jet of Blood was the inspiration for Worship, the concluding scene of the stage play Gospel.
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