Blaski i cienie życia aktorek końca XIX wieku pod piórem Gabrieli Zapolskiej

• Authors: Pycka Anna Małgorzata

Title variants

EN

Lights and Shadows of Life of Actresses in the Late Nineteenth Century Under the Pen of Gabriela Zapolska

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

At the turn of the century theater scene was a dream of many people. Popularized by all means the myth of the stars radiant with halo of fame pushes in the shadow carded everyday life. Despite evidence of the cult actress profession widely considered to be humiliating, degrading, and above all immoral. The modernist breakthrough in Polish theater was largely the work of artists of the marginalized social structures. Gabriela Zapolska — woman marked by family, sociable and social ostracism — in her plays condemns intolerance and social callousness. Solidarity with the wronged and humiliated exposes the hypocrisy of the bourgeois world. "Panna Maliczewska" is the art of revealing the drama of a young actress who for success in the theater decides first to be the elderly lawyer’s mistress and then his friend’s. Described by Zapolska story demonstrates how difficult it was to occur on Parnassus and the more hold on it. She knew this perfectly well being the author herself, with the ferocity and tenacity fighting for her position in the theater and the environment. As an actress and writer she played a significant role in shaping the tastes of the public and the equalization of social differences.

Keywords

PL

Gabriela Zapolska; życie aktorek; kultura końca XIX wieku; teatr

EN

Gabriela Zapolska; life of actresses; culture of late nineteenth century; theater

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski / Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
• Journal: Napis. Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 17
• Pages: 211-225

Contributors

author

Pycka Anna Małgorzata

• Warszawska Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna im. Bolesława Prusa