Jak Gorzów stał się Gdańskiem… Historia dramatu Michała Walczaka
How Gorzów Became Gdańsk The History of a Play by Michał Walczak

Author(s): Anna Maria Krasucka
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: commissioned drama; modifications; reception; generation porno;
Summary/Abstract: “Writing for the stage” is a phenomenon symptomatic of the new theatrical practice. In this manner; many commissioned works were created by Michał Walczak – a writer of new generation; which Roman Pawłowski named “generation porno.”The article concern the play Babcia [Granny]; which – commissioned by Juliusz Osterwa Theatre in Gorzów – underwent a metamorphosis of sorts and “journeyed” to the stage of Wybrzeże Theatre in Gdańsk; where it was staged under a changed title Miasteczko G. [Town G]. It turns out that one play – appropriately modified – can describe different realities and phenomena which govern them; and rewriting a play by its author can allow for creating new quality.The article also presents a survey of theatrical criticism; the reviews written after both its Gorzów and Gdańsk premiers.

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