Rytmy miłości, kroki śmierci. „Listy do Mileny” Franza Kafki w reżyserii Macieja Gorczyńskiego
Rhythms of Love, Steps of Death. Letters to Milena, Franz Kafka, Directed by Maciej Gorczyński

Summary/Abstract: The article studies the theatrical version of Franz Kafka’s Letters to Milena, directed by Maciej Gorczyński as part of the third edition of the “The Gardzienice Generator of Hope” programme. The point of departure for the analyses and interpretations of the spectacle are questions associated with the process of an adaptation for the stage of such specific material as the correspondence between the titular writer and Milena Jesenska. A detailed approach includes also the spectrum of the themes and problems of a production focused on such issues as: love-illness-death, which constitute a sui generis “existential triad”, on which Gorczyński’s heretofore creative quests concentrate, as shown not only by Listy do Mileny but also his earlier productions (i.a. Lato 1910 [Summer 1910], Hymny do Nocy [Hymns to the Night]). Moreover, a prominent element of the studies is the poetics of the spectacle, with particular attention paid to music, the visual arts setting, and dance conceived as the main medium of artistic expression in the stage version of Letters to Milena.

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