The Dead Class

by Tadeusz Kantor, Adela Karsznia (Editor), Tadeusz Kantor (Primary Contributor)

The Dead Class (1975), by Tadeusz Kantor and the Cricot 2 company, is considered one of the most innovative and influential works of twentieth-century theatre. The breakthrough first version of the production - performed to great critical acclaim, but only rarely seen live by audiences outside Poland - was documented on film in 1976 by the Oscar-winning director Andrzej Wajda. This DVD and booklet set from Polish Theatre Perspectives presents Wajda's remastered film (2007), alongside an extended conversation about the performance between Wajda and two other leading figures of Polish the literary critic Konstanty Puzyna and the poet, dramatist, and essayist Tadeusz Rozewicz. With new scholarly translations of the film and discussion into English, this edition makes widely accessible for the first time to international viewers key materials relating to Kantor's seminal production. Technical 0
Run 72 mins
Polish, 2.0 Dolby surround
English, Polish (newly retranscribed and translated for this edition)
Print English

16 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2015

About the author

Tadeusz Kantor was a Polish painter, assemblage and Happenings artist, set designer and theatre director. Kantor is renowned for his revolutionary theatrical performances in Poland and abroad. Laureate of Witkacy Prize – Critics' Circle Award (1989).

Reviews

[Rytas Sakas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now I understand why a theatre director masturbated to him on stage in a play I once saw