Mantle (geology) Mantle (geology) The mantle is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust. Mantles are made of rock or ices, and are generally the largest and most massive layer of the planetary body. Mantles are characteristic of planetary bodies that have undergone differentiation by density. All terrestrial planets (including Earth), a number of asteroids, and some planetary moons have mantles. The Earth's mantle is a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core. Its mass of 4.01 × 10 kg is 67% the mass of the Earth. It has
The Theatre and its Double and The Theater of Cruelty, where Artaud expressed the importance of recovering "the notion of a kind of unique language half-way between gesture and thought". The collection is still read, and strongly influenced the directing philosophies of such renowned figures as Peter Brook and The Living Theatre. The Theatre and its Double The Theatre and Its Double ("Le Théâtre et son Double") is a collection of essays by French poet and playwright Antonin Artaud and published in 1938. Artaud intended his work as an attack on theatrical convention and the importance of language of drama, opposing the vitality of the