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Proteus’s Funeral

Summary/Abstract: A text devoted to actors’ funerals in the latter half of the 19th century. Citing numerous reports and descriptions of theater stars’ funerals, the author treats them as an example of the theater mania of the time, proof of the social status of actors, and as material that allows us to delve into the dominant manner of perceiving the privacy and intimacy of the stage artist. Jarząbek describes the funerals of such stars as Jan Królikowski, Helena Modrzejewska, and Alojzy Żółkowski. She points out the procedures accompanying the wait for a ceremony – stressing the physical presence of the actor’s body. She then describes the course of the funeral, during which the disappearance of the literal presence of the body took place.

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