Psyche zrzuca kajdany

• Authors: Kuligowska-Korzeniewska Anna

Title variants

EN

Psyche Casts Her Shackles Away

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The Polski Theatre in Łódź headed by Franciszek Rychłowski opened the new 1918/1919 season with a production of Eros i Psyche (‘Eros and Psyche’) by Jerzy Żuławski. The play, written in 1903 and performed in Łódź during the anti-Russian socialist revolution of 1905, took on new relevance as Poland regained independence. The metaphor of Psyche, a princess imprisoned by an evil king whom she then defeated and killed, freeing herself from her shackles thanks to her steadfastness and willpower, resonated with both the audience and one of the critics, who wrote about waking up “to a new, free life.”

Keywords

EN

Polish theatre; theatre history; theatre in Lodz; Teatr Polski w Łodzi

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Pamiętnik Teatralny
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 3(267)
• Pages: 137-145

Contributors

author

Kuligowska-Korzeniewska Anna

• Akademia Teatralna im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza w Warszawie

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