The medieval fair or the dramaturgy of Nikolaj Jevreinov against the contemporary era (a few ideas about the drama "The St Dennis’ indykt Fair") Cover Image

Na średniowiecznym jarmarku Dramaturgia Nikołaja Jewreinowa odczytywana współcześnie (Kilka uwag o dramacie "Jarmark na indykt świętego Denisa")
The medieval fair or the dramaturgy of Nikolaj Jevreinov against the contemporary era (a few ideas about the drama "The St Dennis’ indykt Fair")

Author(s): Jadwiga Gracla
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: drama; theater; performans; reform of the theatre

Summary/Abstract: The current outline attmpts to look at and describe one of the less known plays of Nikolai Jevreinov The St Dennis’ indykt Fair. The play was written for the Starinny Theatre, still, it was performed neither in this one nor in any other theatre. In the here presented analysis the author pays attention to two aspects of the play.. On the one hand, it is the relationship between drama and Jevreinov’s theory about the function of the theatre. The author believes that the situation here presented points to the consequences of too deep involvement of the spectator in the performance, his forgetting that it is just a tale performed on stage. On the other hand, the author points to the universal character of the play, which occupies its place in the contemporary current of theatrical quest, which refers to the medieval fair performances.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 28-37
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish