The Theater of Andrzej Wajda
The Theater of Andrzej Wajda
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USDKarpinski provides the first account and critical evaluation of this Polish director's work for the theater, focusing on milestone productions such as his adaptations of Dostoyevsky. Through an analysis of Wajda's aesthetic views and productions, the study also reveals the vital link between his art and contemporary Polish culture.
Karpinski is in a unique position to present a comprehensive study of Wajda, since he has collaborated with the director on a number of productions.
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April 1989Hardback
9780521322461
156 pages
234 × 152 × 13 mm
0.4kg
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Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Andrzej Wajda: an artistic chronology
- 1 Introduction: artistic principles and the Polish scene
- 2 Stylistic experimentation: from A Hatful of Rain to Play Strindberg
- 3. Andrzej Wajda's 'total theatre': The Possessed, November Night and The Danton Affair
- 4. The dilemmas of liberty: Abandoned by Reason and The Emigrants
- 5. Madness, love and death: Nastasya Filippovna and Crime and Punishment
- 6. A reckoning with the past: Conversations with the Executioner and As the Days Pass, As the Years Pass
- 7. Towards a theatre of politics: Hamlet, Antigone and Easter Vigil
- 8. Summing up: the theatre of Andrzej Wajda
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index.
