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Co się zdarzyło Verze Stark?
Whatever Happened to Vera Stark?

Author(s): Grzegorz Stępniak
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: Theatre; Drama; Lynn Nottage; Jo Bonney; Review

Summary/Abstract: The drama By The Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage is a fictional tale about the first dark-skinned actress. The play, with Sanaa Lathan in the title role, was directed by Jo Bonney at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles (premiere: 26 IX 2012). The detailed description of the play and an analysis of the drama bring us to the conclusion that the artists limited themselves to the presentation of a humorous historio-political tale. What is missing is the meta-theatrical games with history and its implications for race that we are accustomed to finding in Nottage's texts.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 113
  • Page Range: 144-146
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Polish
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