Kłopoty z konwencją
Trouble with Convention

Summary/Abstract: Ada Ruszkiewicz reviews Three Sisters, directed by Jędrzej Piaskowski (Juliusz Osterwa Theater in Lublin, premiere: 09.03.2018). According to the author, the main staging concept was a play on the Russian realist theater convention. In this spirit, Ruszkiewicz analyzes the costumes, scenography, and the acting. Stressing that parodying a theatrical convention is not the same as striking up a dialogue with it, the reviewer states that Piaskowski’s tactics did not lead to an innovative reading of the classic drama. Ruszkiewicz also has reservations about how the audience functions in the play – the actors speak directly to them throughout the performance.

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