Psyche zrzuca kajdany
Psyche Casts Her Shackles Away

The Theatre in Łódź in November 1918

Summary/Abstract: The Polski Theatre in Łódź headed by Franciszek Rychłowski opened the new 1918/1919 season with a production of Eros i Psyche (‘Eros and Psyche’) by Jerzy Żuławski. The play, written in 1903 and performed in Łódź during the anti-Russian socialist revolution of 1905, took on new relevance as Poland regained independence. The metaphor of Psyche, a princess imprisoned by an evil king whom she then defeated and killed, freeing herself from her shackles thanks to her steadfastness and willpower, resonated with both the audience and one of the critics, who wrote about waking up “to a new, free life.”

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