A performance based on Stanisław Wyspiański’s dramatic epic poem, first presented at the Laboratory Theatre of 13 Rows on 10 October 1962. Staging: Jerzy Grotowski with Józef Szajna who, among other things, was responsible for the set design, costumes and props. Initially the mise en scène was to have been created by Piotr Potworowski, but he died on 24 April 1962. Wyspiański’s poetic drama, written between 1903 and 1904, is set on the night of Easter Saturday with works of art in the Wawel cathedral in Kraków coming to life. In act I, statues from tombs become animated, in acts II and III it is figures from tapestries, while in act IV the carvings from the choir come alive. Wyspiański’s text is a certain summa of Mediterranean culture combined with themes from Polish history (see act I), Homeric sequences (act II depicts a night in besieged Troy) and Biblical themes (act III is the story of Jacob, while act IV includes the song of David the Harpist). All the acts are set on the Wawel Hill, the central site of Polish historical consciousness, which is effectively visited by all the grand Judeo-Christian myths.
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