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Widening the Field of Battle

Summary/Abstract: A review of a play by Paweł Demirski (text) and Monika Strzępka (direction) – The Battle of Warsaw 1920 at the Stary Theatre in Kraków (prem: 22.06.2013). The author investigates the game that its creators play with national remembrance motifs, and in particular with the rich cultural context acquired by the “Miracle on the Vistula”. Kobielska draws attention to the play’s “self-consciousness”, evident at a meta-level, not only with regard to the historical reality, but also the story of it. The cycle of military aggression presented in the play defies tradition, as it mainly relates to women. The author also praises the virtuoso acting of Krzysztof Globisz, who plays several characters at the same time.

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