TOWARDS A POOR THEATRE

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"One of the centurys most impressive theatrical manifestos" - Irving Wardle Jerzy Grotowski created the Theatre Laboratory in Opole South-West Poland in 1959. His work since then with a small permanent company became one of the most potent sources of information for modern actors and directors. This is a record of the ideas that motivated the work of the Theatre Laboratory and of the companys methods and discoveries.In his Preface Peter Brook writes: "Grotowski is unique. Why? Because no one else in the world to my knowledge no one since Stanislavski has investigated the nature of acting its phenomenon its meaning the nature and science of its mental-physical-emotional processes as deeply and completely as Grotowski."Grotowskis Theatre Laboratory Company was first seen in Britain at the Edinburgh Festival in 1968 and went on to international fame.