The Cultural Role and Political Implications of Poland’s 1947 Shakespeare Festival

• Authors: Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Emerging from the atrocities of war, and still hoping to avert the results of the Yalta conference during which the countries of Central and South–Eastern Europe, including Poland, were “handed over” to Stalin, Poland’s 1947 Shakespeare theatre festival was a sign of courage and defiance. At the Festival 23 productions of 9 Shakespeare’s dramas were staged by theatres in 11 towns, with its finale in Warsaw. My paper will show that the Festival was an attempt to demonstrate both Polish cultural links with Europe, and to subvert Marxist ideology and Soviet culture.

Keywords

EN

Communist regime; World War 2; Marxist ideology; Soviet culture; Shakespeare in Poland; Cold War

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 183-193

Dates

published

2017-10-16

Contributors

author

Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney