Two Paths—The Laboratory Theatre and The Living Theatre
Joanna Ostrowska
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland)
Abstract
This article juxtaposes and comments on selected aspects of the concepts and practice of two theater groups—The Laboratory Theater and The Living Theatre. The authors discusses both differences and similarities, as well as parallel elements resulting from socio-cultural circumstances. She highlights the recognition that both groups similarly diagnosed reality and the situation of humans in culture, as well as considered theater as a tool that could transform this situation. However, they proposed different solutions and had different goals. The author compares the attitude of the two groups to the audience and the proposed means of its involvement in a theatrical event, linking this issue to broader concepts of communication in theater and art. The article also analyzes the attitude of Jerzy Grotowski, Julian Beck, and Judith Malina to counterculture and anarchist ideas. The analysis is based on the artists’ texts and the reception of selected performances.
Keywords:
Jerzy Grotowski, Julian Beck, Judith Malina, The Laboratory Theatre, The Living TheatreReferences
Beck, Julian. The Life of the Theatre: The Relation of the Artist to the Struggle of the People. New York: Limelight, 1991.
Google Scholar
Biner, Pierre. The Living Theatre. Translated by Robert Meister. New York: Avon Books, 1972.
Google Scholar
Bonarski, Andrzej. Ziarno. Warszawa: Czytelnik, 1979.
Google Scholar
Brach-Czaina, Jolanta. Etos nowej sztuki. Warszawa: PWN, 1984.
Google Scholar
Grotowski, Jerzy. “He Wasn’t Entirely Himself.” In Towards a Poor Theatre, edited by Eugenio Barba, 117–125. New York: Routledge, 2002.
Google Scholar
Grotowski, Jerzy. “Holiday.” In The Grotowski Sourcebook, edited by Lisa Wolford and Richard Schechner, 215–225. London: Routledge, 1997.
Google Scholar
Grotowski, Jerzy. “How One Could Live.” Le Théâtre en Pologne / The Theatre in Poland, no. 4/5 (1975): 33–34 [Polish edition 1972].
Google Scholar
Grotowski, Jerzy. “Teatr a rytuał.” Dialog, no. 8 (1969): 64–74.
Google Scholar
Kolankiewicz, Leszek. Święty Artaud. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1988.
Google Scholar
Malina, Judith. The Enormous Despair. New York: Random House, 1972.
Google Scholar
Malina, Judith. “Przysięgam, że nigdy cię nie zabiję.” Interview by Joanna Ostrowska and Ewa Obrębowska-Piasecka. Czas Kultury, no. 3 (1996): 74–75.
Google Scholar
Malina, Judith, and Julian Beck. “Containment Is the Enemy.” Interview by Richard Schechner. The Drama Review 13, no. 3 (1969): 24–44. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1144455.
Google Scholar
Malina, Judith, and Julian Beck. Paradise Now: Collective Creation of The Living Theatre. New York: Random House, 1971.
Google Scholar
Osiński, Zbigniew. Grotowski i jego Laboratorium. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1980.
Google Scholar
Pasquier, Marie-Claire. Le theatre americain d’aujourd’hui. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1978.
Google Scholar
Tytell, John. The Living Theatre: Art, Exile, and Outrage. New York: Grove Press, 1995.
Google Scholar
Authors
Joanna OstrowskaAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Poland
Statistics
Abstract views: 39PDF downloads: 12 PDF downloads: 21
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Joanna Ostrowska
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The author grants a royalty-free nonexclusive license (CC BY 4.0) to use the article in Pamiętnik Teatralny, retains full copyright, and agrees to identify the work as first having been published in Pamiętnik Teatralny should it be published or used again (download licence agreement). By submitting an article the author agrees to make it available under CC BY 4.0 license.
From issue 1/2018 to 3/2022 all articles were published under a Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. During this period the authors granted a royalty-free nonexclusive license (CC BY-ND 4.0) to use their article in Pamiętnik Teatralny, retained full copyright, and agreed to identify the work as first having been published in our journal should it be published or used again.
