Warszawskie teatry Stanisławy Wysockiej

Abstract

This article presents selected aspects of Stanisława Wysocka’s directing and teaching activity in the interwar period. The author seeks out links between Wysocka’s theory and practice, discussing postulates from her journalistic texts about the “theater of the future” alongside her pedagogical and theatrical projects from 1920–1926. Both Wysocka’s educational initiatives and attempts at establishing her own theaters in Warsaw (Teatr w Pomarańczarni [Orangery Theater] and Teatr Rybałt) are approached as a continuation of the ideas of Teatr Studya in Kyiv. In Wysocka’s image as an educator, director and manager, the author emphasizes reformatory ideas about the theater: her modern and holistic approach to the process of artistic training, her awareness of the interdependence of artistic and organisational/technical aspects of running a theater, and her openness to the needs of the new, “democratizing” audience.

Keywords

• stanisława wysocka
• polish theater 1918–1939
• teatr rybałt
• teatr w pomarańczarni
• department of drama at the state conservatory of music
• art of acting
• theater reform