Męczeństwo Piotra Ohey'a

by Sławomir Mrożek

Genres: Plays

First published January 1, 1959

About the author

Sławomir Mrożek (born June 29, 1930, died August 15, 2013) was a Polish dramatist and writer.

Mrożek joined the Polish United Workers' Party during the reign of Stalinism in the People's Republic of Poland, and made a living as a political journalist.

In the late 1950s Mrożek begun writing plays. His first play, "Policja" (The Police), was published in 1958. Mrożek emigrated to France in 1963 and then further to Mexico. He traveled in France, England, Italy, Yugoslavia and other European countries. In 1996 he returned to Poland and settled in Kraków.

His first full-length play "Tango" (1964) – a family saga – is still along with "The Emigrants" (a bitter and ironic portrait of two Polish emigrants in Paris) his best-known work, and continue to be performed throughout the world. Director Andrzej Wajda made a theatre production of "The Emigrants" in 1975 at the Teatr Stary in Kraków. In 2006 Mrożek released his autobiography called "Baltazar".

Mrożek's works belong to the genre of Theatre of the Absurd, intended to shock the audience with non-realistic elements, political and historic references, distortion and parody.

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Controversy

An illustration by Daniel Mróz for Mrożek's book „Słoń” ('The Elephant'), 1957

In 1953, during the reign of Stalinism in Poland, Mrożek was one of several signatories of an open letter to Polish authorities participating in defamation of Catholic priests from Kraków, three of whom were condemned to death (but never executed) by the communist government after being groundlessly accused of treason.

Reviews

[Amirsaman · Rating 3 out of 5]

گرامشی این‌جا بدرد می‌خوره؛ وقتی هژمونیِ «علم و سیاست، هنر و امور اداری» جای زندگی واقعی افراد رو می‌گیره.

[Iwona · Rating 5 out of 5]

masterpiece

[Milena Brzoza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfekcja nie wiem dlaczego ale idealnie trafia w mój humor i podoba mi się krytyka systemu kryjąca się za tymi absurdalnymi historiami 🤎

[Stysiek Harań · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jak to u Mrożka- groteska jest przykryciem dla tematów ważnych. Może nie tyle przykryciem, ile wyolbrzymieniem i pokazaniem problemu w poważny sposób. W "Męczeństwie (...)" autor wziął sobie za cel ukazanie postawy bierności wśród ludzi, co pozwala zabrać im wszystko, na czym im zależy. Brakuje tylko, żeby pod koniec chochoł wprawił Ohey'a i jego rodzinę w chocholi taniec. Ubóstwiam Mrożka, ale w tym dramacie mam wrażenie, że wszystko było wyłożone "jak krowie na rowie". Czy to źle? Nie. Natomiast jest to powód, dla którego od samego początku można się domyślić końcówki i utwór nie trzyma czytelnika "za mordę" do samego końca.

[Ola · Rating 3 out of 5]

wystarczy tygrysów na jeden dzień

[V]

Piotr did not have a good day

[yul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wspaniały, błyskotliwy, inteligentny Mrożek. Jakże miło.

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[Malgosia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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