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Despite its international influence, Polish theatre remains a mystery to many Westerners. This volume attempts to fill in current gaps in English-language scholarship by offering a historical and critical analysis of two of the most influential works of Polish theatre: Jerzy Grotowski’s ‘Akropolis’...
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oapen-20.500.12657-441112021-08-14T02:34:58Z The Post-traumatic Theatre of Grotowski and Kantor Cioffi, Kathleen Romanska, Magda Performing Arts Theater History & Criticism bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AN Theatre studies Despite its international influence, Polish theatre remains a mystery to many Westerners. This volume attempts to fill in current gaps in English-language scholarship by offering a historical and critical analysis of two of the most influential works of Polish theatre: Jerzy Grotowski’s ‘Akropolis’ and Tadeusz Kantor’s ‘Dead Class’. By examining each director’s representation of Auschwitz, this study provides a new understanding of how translating national trauma through the prism of performance can alter and deflect the meaning and reception of theatrical works, both inside and outside of their cultural and historical contexts. 2020-12-15T14:25:00Z 2020-12-15T14:25:00Z 2012 book 9780857285263 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/44111 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf Anthem Press Anthem Press 104231 78b9942e-c650-46e0-882a-0ab8cddd7fe9 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780857285263 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Anthem Press Knowledge Unlatched open access |
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Despite its international influence, Polish theatre remains a mystery to many Westerners. This volume attempts to fill in current gaps in English-language scholarship by offering a historical and critical analysis of two of the most influential works of Polish theatre: Jerzy Grotowski’s ‘Akropolis’ and Tadeusz Kantor’s ‘Dead Class’. By examining each director’s representation of Auschwitz, this study provides a new understanding of how translating national trauma through the prism of performance can alter and deflect the meaning and reception of theatrical works, both inside and outside of their cultural and historical contexts. |
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