Metafizyczny, artystyczny, potrzebny
Metaphysical, Artistic, Necessary

Summary/Abstract: Anna R. Burzyńska reviews the monographic work The Hellish Ideas and Angelic Souls of the Witkacy Theater in Zakopane by Ewa Łubieniewska (Universitas, Krakow 2013), putting special emphasis on the unique nature of the institution, which continues to give theater critics a major problem to this day. The Witkacy Theater, which is primarily known for its ambitious repertoire and its adamant fidelity to metaphysics, has been given a book documenting its history and explaining the ideals that have accompanied it over the decades, unchanged. Burzyńska points out the essayistic nature of Łubieniewska's monograph, in which the author points out the main attributes of the theater's aesthetics, the specifics of its creative process, and the vision of the world the artists put forward, from the perspective of people deeply involved in their research subject.

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