The Theater of Andrzej Wajda

by Maciej Karpinski

Overview

Karpinski 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521322461
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/16/1989
Series:	Directors in Perspective
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.51(d)

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.