Opisać teatr krakowa ubiegłego dwudziestolecia
To describe the theatrical Kraków of the grand interwar period

Summary/Abstract: A review of Diana Poskuta-Włodek’s book A History of Theatre in Kraków,1918-1939. The Professional Drama Theatres – the next part of the “History of Theatre in Kraków” series (Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 2012). Marszałek notes that Poskuta-Włodek describes the functioning of the theatres of this period in a manner that highlights the dependence of art-related facts on the political, social and financial contexts within which they were appearing. So the book begins with a profile of the organisation of theatrical institutions, which the author of the review describes as leaving an “almost tangible whiff of sensation”. The portraits of theatre actors are very complex and include profiles of their earlier work, their personality traits and their predilections. Another of the book’s advantages is its casual, witty and colourful style.

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