The Unknown Theatre of Jerzy Grotowski: Performances in the Theatre of 13 Rows, 1959-1964

Examines the previously unresearched formative years of Polish director Jerzy Grotowski’s career.

Polish director Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999) was an international leader in experimental theater who became famous in the late 1960s for his revolutionary approach to audience involvement. This volume is devoted to Grotowski’s early work—the performances he directed in the Theatre of 13 Rows (later Laboratory Theatre of 13 Rows) between 1959 and 1964 when the theater was working in the provinci...