TY - BOOK AU - Cioffi,Kathleen AU - Romanska,Magda TI - The Post-traumatic Theatre of Grotowski and Kantor: History and Holocaust in 'Akropolis' and 'Dead Class' SN - 9780857285263 PY - 2012/// PB - Anthem Press KW - Theatre studies KW - bicssc KW - History & Criticism KW - Performing Arts KW - Theater N1 - Open Access N2 - Despite its international influence, Polish theatre remains a mystery to many Westerners. This volume attempts to fill in current gaps in English-language scholarship by offering a historical and critical analysis of two of the most influential works of Polish theatre: Jerzy Grotowski's 'Akropolis' and Tadeusz Kantor's 'Dead Class'. By examining each director's representation of Auschwitz, this study provides a new understanding of how translating national trauma through the prism of performance can alter and deflect the meaning and reception of theatrical works, both inside and outside of their cultural and historical contexts UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/91623263-35a6-479f-b87f-6b247204d084/external_content.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/44111 ER -