Szarża
Charge

Summary/Abstract: A review of Jan Klata’s Chevau-légers based on Artur Pałyga’s text (premiere: 29 November 2011, Polski Theater in Bydgoszcz). Schreiber underscores the spectacular aspect of Klata’s play – he splendidly executes the scenes of the various races, with energetic live music, phenomenal costumes, and breathtaking set design. He also points out the humor skillfully wound into the play. However, in the reviewer’s opinion these strengths do not offset the play’s drawbacks, among which the most important are the simplified analogy between the speedway riders and cheveau-legers, and the over-literalness of the play on the whole.

• Details
• Contents