A concise history of Polish theater from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries / Kazimierz Braun.

Author/creator Braun, Kazimierz, 1936-
Format Book
Publication InfoLewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxxviii, 474 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies in theatre arts ; v. 21
Studies in theatre arts ; v. 21. ^A420030
Contents 1. Theater in independent Poland (11th-18th centuries) -- Theater in the Middle Ages (circa 11th-14th centuries) -- Renaissance Theater (circa 15th-16th centuries) -- Baroque Theater (circa 1650-1750) -- Enlightenment Theater (circa 1740-1765) -- The creation of the National Theater (1765-1779) -- Wojciech Bogusławski--"The father of the National Theater" -- 2. Theater in Poland under foreign rule (1795-1918) -- Creation of the national stages (end of the 18th century--1830) -- Dichotomy of Polish theater life (circa 1830-1893) -- The nineteenth century--The century of the actor -- The great reform of theater and its Polish share (1893-1918) -- Stanisław Wyspiański--founder of Modern Polish Theater -- 3. Theater of the second republic (1918-1939) -- General characteristic of the inter-war era (1918-1939) -- Reforms of acting -- Reforms of directing -- Reforms of theater space -- 4. Theater at the time of the national catastrophes (1939-1956) -- "Socrealism" in theater -- 5. Theater in the country of "real socialism" (1956-1980) -- "Theatrical October" -- Our little stabilization -- The second reform of theater -- Dissident theater -- 6. The twenty years of storm (1980-2000) -- Solidarity: theater of hope -- Martial law: theater of anger -- Communism as usual: theater as usual (second half of the 1980s) -- The third republic: new freedoms--new challenges in the 1990s -- Selective summary: Polish Theater -- National institution -- Artistic styles -- Audiences -- The international context -- Polish theater and Poland's history -- In brief.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 423-443) and indexes.
LCCN 2003044458
ISBN0773467912 (v. 21)
ISBN9780773467910 (v. 21)
ISBN0773497218 (STA Series)
ISBN9780773497214 (STA Series)