1st Edition

Jerzy Grotowski and Ludwik Flaszen Five Encounters with the Sages

By Juliusz Tyszka Copyright 2021
178 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The book contains three accounts of five public speeches and conversations with the public of two outstanding figures of theatre and performance, Jerzy Grotowski and Ludwik Flaszen, from 1993 to 1997. Their speeches concern their output and their current research. The content of Ludwik Flaszen's speech is very closely related to the output of Jerzy Grotowski. The accounts are written on the... Read more

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgement

Preface

CHAPTER 1: February 1993, Grotowski in New York City: Expectations, Hopes ans Stereotypes

CHAPTER 2: June 1995, Ludwik Flaszen Again in Wrocław

CHAPTER 3: May 1996, Jerzy Grotowski in Copenhagen: Three Encounters with the Sage

CHAPTER 4 : March 1997, Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards in Wrocław Polish Theatre: Seven Hours of Informing, Clarifying, Elucidating, Specifying and Explaining Themselves. The Sage and His Successor Confront the Polish Audience: Richards for the first Time, Grotowski for the Last Time

CHAPTER 5: June 1976: ‘Night Vigil’

CHAPTER 6: February 1997: ‘Action’

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Juliusz Tyszka is a researcher at the Institute of Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University at Poznań, Poland.