Szekspirowskie gry o tron
A Shakespearean Game of Thrones
Author(s): Tomasz FryzełSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Summary/Abstract: Tomasz Fryzeł describes Kings of War, directed by Ivo van Hove (Toneelgroep Amsterdam, premiere: 5.06.2015), based on Henry V, Henry VI and Richard III by William Shakespeare. The author examines the play's strategies to make Shakespeare's texts resemble the contemporary viewer's experience (e.g. stylistic references to film, historical and documentary TV series, soap operas, and political thrillers). The subject of the play is power: bringing on stage three radically different ruling figures, the director inquires into their origins and essence. Fryzeł notes that van Hove’s play has anarchistic potential – it prompts questions concerning the foundations of social structures.
Journal: Didaskalia. Gazeta Teatralna
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 132
- Page Range: 116-119
- Page Count: 4
- Language: Polish