Routledge Wlodzimierz Staniewski and the Phenomenon of “Gardzienice” (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)

This book offers a broad, comprehensive overview of the contemporary state of the Gardzienice theatrical company and its evolution.Their most recent production, The Wedding, is taken as a focal point for a retrospective discussion on the company’s development. Premiered at the festival celebrating the 40th anniversary of the company, The Wedding echoes most of the major achievements of Staniewski’s stage language and his capacity of exploring and developing the performative potential of liveness. This study consists of essays by prominent practitioners and theoreticians of theatre, director’s notes, conversations with Staniewski and other company members, selected archival materials and substantial visual coverage.It promises to be of great interest to students and scholars across the fields of theatre and performance studies. About the Author S. E. Gontarski is Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University, USA. He is a theatre researcher, dramaturg, director and filmmaker who specializes in twentieth-century Irish Studies, in British, U.S. and European Modernism and in performance theory.Tomasz Wiśniewski is Head of Department of Performing Arts in the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Gdańsk. He is the founder of the Between.Pomiędzy Festival and the Beckett Research Group in Gdańsk.Katarzyna Kręglewska is a theatre researcher, literary scholar and translator. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Drama, Theatre and Performances at the University of Gdańsk, whose academic interests focus on contemporary theatre and autobiographical traces in literature and art.