Cena (Apr 2021)
ARTISTIC APPROACH TO WAR TRAUMA AT THE POLISH THEATER IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: THE EXAMPLE OF THE AKRÓPOLIS SHOW OF THE LABORATORY THEATER OF THE 13 ROWS STAGED BY JERZY GROTOWSKI
Abstract
This article discusses Polish theater after the Second World War, using by example the play Akrópolis staged by Jerzy Grotowski with direct influence of the Nazi regime for its conception. Historically basing the situation of Poland in these periods between wars, the article establishes a reflection on the losses and traumas that a war can cause in a country and in its artistic-theatrical panorama. Keywords Polish Theater. Grotowski. Trauma. Nazism.