‘We Don’t Want Anything Changed.’ Teren badań: Jeżycjada by Weronika
Szczawińska, Status of a Theatre Play and Court Censorship Cover Image

„Pragniemy, żeby nic nie ruszać”. „Teren badań: Jeżycjada” Weroniki Szczawińskiej, status przedstawienia teatralnego a cenzura sądowa
‘We Don’t Want Anything Changed.’ Teren badań: Jeżycjada by Weronika Szczawińska, Status of a Theatre Play and Court Censorship

Author(s): Witold Mrozek
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: censorship; copyright in theatre; Weronika Szczawińska; Agnieszka Jakimak; Małgorzata Musierowicz; Komuna Warszawa

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the case of the only theatre play in modern Poland that has been banned by a court decision: Teren badań: Jeżycjada by Weronika Szczawińska and Agnieszka Jakimiak. It contains a detailed analysis of different legal aspects from the perspective of the play’s producers – Komuna Warszawa and Cultural Center Zamek w Poznaniu – with the writer Małgorzata Musierowicz. The stage ban is presented in the context of the modern censorship theories and the reaction of the theatre community. The article also contains the analysis of potential consequence of defying the court’s ban.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 180
  • Page Range: 167-190
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish
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