Nu, pogodi!
Nu, pogodi!

Summary/Abstract: A review of Jan Klata's play Polish Thermopylae, based on a drama by Tadeusz Miciński (Polski Theater in Wrocław, premiere: 3.05.2014). Kołsut points out the masterful pacing of the narrative and the director's extensive tampering with the original text, allowing Miciński's words to take on a remarkable modernity. Situating the action (through numerous historical allusions and pop-culture quotations) in 2014, Klata presents the tangled and bloody story of the relations between Poland and Russia over the last two centuries. At the same time, the reviewer sees the play's major strength in the ironic distance it keeps while allowing the topic to remain serious.

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