Głośne czytanie. Próba stolikowa w XIX­‍-wiecznym teatrze
Reading out Loud: The Table-read in 19th-century Theater

Summary/Abstract: Dorota Jarząbek-Wasyl investigates 19th-century table-reads. The author notes that the phenomena she covers have left no clear traces in the history of the theater, and adopted a different form in every center. She notes that the nature of the table-read depended on the specifics of the work being prepared for stage. The author quotes recollections of actors and authors present at such rehearsals, sketching the social aspect of the phenomenon, and then juxtaposing it with the 19th-century custom of collective reading, a form of popular society entertainment, but also a chance to come in contact with the spoken word. Citing examples of situations when playwrights vied for the opportunity to have their dramas read out loud, she proves that such readings were thought to highlight the virtues of the text. The author devotes the last part of the article to reports of reading rehearsals and analytic rehearsals.

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