Jerzego Jarockiego gra na dwie katedry
Jerzy Jarocki’s Game with Two Cathedrals

Summary/Abstract: Małgorzata Dziewulska writes about Murder in the Cathedral directed by Jerzy Jarocki in 1982. The author explores the interpenetration of fiction and reality, brought about by transferring the events of T. S. Eliot’s drama into a realistic space – St. John’s Cathedral in Warsaw. Drawing reference to Victor Turner’s concept of liminality, she tries to capture the play’s unique sense of time and form. Analyzing the symbolism of the performance, the possible reference to the socio-political situation at the time, and its links to the institution of the Church, Dziewulska investigates the position of the viewer and strategies for engaging his/her perception.

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