{"product_id":"9781350039667","title":"Polish Theatre of the Holocaust","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCultural Histories of Theatre and Performance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePolish Theatre of the Holocaust\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrzegorz Niziolek | Ursula Phillips | Anita Gonzalez | Claire Cochrane | Bruce McConachie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrzegorz Niziolek's \u003ci\u003eThe Polish Theatre of the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e is a pioneering analysis of the impact and legacy of the Holocaust on Polish theatre and society from 1945 to the present. It reveals the role of theatre as a crucial medium of collective memory – and collective forgetting – of the trauma of the Holocaust carried out by the Nazis on Polish soil. The period gave rise to two of the most radical and influential theatrical ideas during work on productions that addressed the subject of the Holocaust – Grotowski's \u003ci\u003ePoor Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e and Kantor's \u003ci\u003eTheatre of Death - \u003c\/i\u003ebut the author examines a deeper impact in the role that theatre played in the processes of collective disavowal to being a witness to others' suffering. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the first part, the author examines six decades of Polish theatre shaped by the perspective of the Holocaust in which its presence is variously visible or displaced. Particular attention is paid  to the various types of distortion and the effect of 'wrong seeing' enacted in the theatre, as well as the traces of affective reception: shock, heightened empathy, indifference. In part two, Niziolek examines a range of theatrical events, including productions by Leon Schiller, Jerzy Grotowski, Tadeusz Kantor, Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Warlikowski and Ondrej Spišák. He considers how these productions confronted the experience of bearing witness and were profoundly shaped by the legacy of the Holocaust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Polish Theatre of the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how -- by testifying about society's experience of the Holocaust --  theatre has been the setting for fundamental processes taking place within Polish culture as it confronts suppressed traumatic wartime experiences and a collective identity shaped by the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrzegorz Niziolek\u003c\/b\u003e in professor at the Department of Drama and Theatre at the Jagiellonian University and the Ludwik Solski Upper State Theatrical School in Krakow, Poland. He is Editor-in-chief of the magazine \u003ci\u003eDidaskalia\u003c\/i\u003e. His publications include \u003ci\u003eSobowtór i Utopia. Teatr Krystiana Lupy\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eDoppelgänger and Utopia. The Theatre of Krystian Lupa\u003c\/i\u003e, 1997), \u003ci\u003eCialo i slowo. Szkice o teatrze Tadeusza Rózewicza\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Body and the Word. Notes on the theatre of Tadeusz Rózewicz\u003c\/i\u003e, 2001), and \u003ci\u003eWarlikowski. Extra ecclesiam \u003c\/i\u003e(2008, published in English in 2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrsula Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator of Polish literary and academic works and Honorary Research Associate of the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 May 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350039667\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22.08\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332594237580,"sku":"9781350039667","price":121.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_dd5eb793-5299-40aa-ac22-986ccfd06f28.jpg?v=1783604318","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350039667","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}