Po-twarz mitu
Myth De-faced

Summary/Abstract: In her review of Orestes, directed by Maja Kleczewska (Narodowy Theatre and Wielki Theatre – Opera Narodowa in Warsaw, premiere: 14.04.2012), Guderian-Czaplińska states that Kleczewska uses Aeschylus’s text to explore the topic of the modern family, “whose members […] have transgressed every possible kind of conventional and socially desired family behaviour.” This extreme topic results in an excess of devices, from which no one clear message emerges. Guderian-Czaplińska wonders whether this lack of cohesion was intentional. Then, analysing further layers and scenes in the performance (for example, the function of the Greek chorus), she tries to discover why this form was chosen.

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