ZAANGAŻOWANIE ŚRODOWISKA TEATRALNEGO W SPRAWY PUBLICZNE W OKRESIE OD CZERWCA 1989 DO GRUDNIA 1990 ROKU. REKONESANS
HE INVOLVEMENT OF THE THEATRICAL COMMUNITY IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS FROM JUNE 1989 TO DECEMBER 1990: AN OVERVIEW

Summary/Abstract: This paper is an attempt at analysing the involvement of the theatrical community in public affairs in the period extending from the June 1989 elections and the preceding electoral campaign, to the downfall of Tadeusz Mazowiecki’s cabinet in December 1990. The community opinion leaders jointly supported the direction of political transition presented by “our Prime Minister’s” government. The old masters (Gustaw Holoubek, Andrzej Łapicki, Andrzej Szczepkowski, Andrzej Wajda) decided to run in the 1989 elections under the banner of “Solidarność”, while the director of the Teatr Nowy in Poznań (Izabella Cywińska) was appointed Minister of Culture and Art in Mazowiecki’s cabinet. The group of supporters of the Prime Minister, as well as his political team, included many of the leading figures from theatre circles. This paper highlights their public activity, the means of expression they used for this purpose, and the fora where such activity occurred. The theatrical community, already well-accustomed to an allusive style of acting, so characteristic of the Polish People’s Republic, had problems finding its way in the newly emerging liberal democracy.

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