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Alternative Theatre in Poland 1954-1989 Polish Theatre Archive A series of books edited by Daniel Gerould, Graduate School, City University of New York, USA Volumel To Steal a March on God Hanna Krall translated and with an introduction by Jadwiga Kosicka Volume2 Alternative Theatre in Poland 1954-1989 Kathleen Cioffi Volume3 Country House Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz translated and with an introduction by Daniel Gerould Volume4 The Trap Tadeusz R6zewicz translated by Adam Czerniawski VolumeS Polish Romantic Drama Harold B. Segel Volume6 The Mannequins' Ball Bruno Jasienski translated and with an introduction by Daniel Gerould Additional volumes in preparation: Encounters with Tadeusz Kantor Krzysztof Miklaszewski This book is part of a series. The publisher will accept continuation orders which may be cancelled at any time and which provide for automatic billing and shipping of each title in the series upon publication. Please write for details. Alternative Theatre in Poland 1954-1989 by Kathleen M. Cioffi ~~ ~~a~1~:n~~:up NEW YORK AND LONDON First published 1996 by OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) This edition published 2011 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright© 1996 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Cioffi, Kathleen M. Alternative theatre in Poland, 1954-1989.-(Polish theatre archive; v. 2) 1. Experimental theatre-Poland-History-20th century I. Title 792' .022'09438 ISBN 3-7186-5853-4 (hardback) ISBN 3-7186-5854-2 (paperback) Cover: Scena Plastyczna, Lublin: The Fettering (1986). Photo: Stefan Ciechan. For Frank This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Introduction to the Series ix List of Plates xi Acknowledgements xiii Introduction 1 Background in Polish Theatre History 3 The Paradox of Censorship 12 1. The Beginnings of Polish Alternative Theatre 15 The Polish October 15 Postwar Theatre 20 Student Theatre of the 1950s 22 Warsaw: STS 25 Gdansk: Bim-Bom 31 Other Student Theatres 41 Kantor: A Non-student Alternative 42 Fifties Alternative Theatre 47 2. Expansion, Experimentation, De-politicization 53 The Small Stabilization 53 The Polish Theatre of the Absurd 56 Student Theatre 1958-1968 60 Satiric Theatres and Cabarets 63 Dramatic Theatres 68 Visual and Pantomime Theatre 72 Poetry Theatres 77 Grotowski: Between Student and Professional Theatre 82 Political Retreat But Artistic Advancement 93 3. The Full Voice Years 95 The Events of 1968 95 Mainstream Auteur Theatre 101 vii viii Contents Student Theatre 1970-75 104 Wrodaw: Teatr Kalambur 108 Krakow: Teatr STU 111 Poznan: The Theatre of the 8th Day 120 L6dz: Teatr 77 127 Part of the Worldwide Alternative Theatre Movement 134 4. Decline But Not Quite Fall 139 KOR, Solidarity, Martial Law 139 Mainstream Theatre Becomes Politicized 145 Alternative Theatre 1976-1989 149 The Generation of '68: The Theatre of the 8th Day 156 The KOR Generation: Teatr Provisorium 167 The Martial Law Generation: The Orange Alternative 173 Part of the Decline of the Worldwide Alternative Theatre Movement? 179 5. The Avant-garde of the Alternative 183 Word Experiments: Pleonazmus 184 Visual Theatre/Performance Art Experiments 188 Scena Plastyczna 190 Akademia Ruchu 194 Experiments in the Anthropology of Theatre: Gardzienice 206 Perhaps All is Not Lost, After All 216 Conclusion: The Aftermath of 1989 223 Bibliography 233 Index 249 INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES The Polish Theatre Archive makes available in English translation major works of Poland's dramatic literature as well as monographs and critical studies on Polish playwrights, theatre artists and stage history. Although emphasis is placed on the contemporary period, the Polish Theatre Archive also encompasses the nineteenth-century roots of modern theatre practice in Romanticism and Symbolism. The individual plays will contain authoritative introductions that place the works in their historical and theatrical contexts. DANIEL GEROULD ix
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