Konrad Swinarski's Israeli «Hamlet»
Danuta Kuźnicka
danuta.kuznicka@ispan.plInstitute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1225-1897
Abstract
This article discusses the Israeli press reviews of Konrad Swinarski’s Hamlet, which premiered at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv in 1966. Based on material previously unknown in Poland, the analysis makes it possible not only to reconstruct some of the stage actions and effects, but also to follow the reasoning, competences and tastes of Israeli critics. Comparing this material with documents concerning the preparations for the Kraków staging of Hamlet eight years later, the author concludes that the general framework of Swinarski’s conceptualization of the play was already developed in 1966; the director managed to bring some of its aspects to the stage in Tel Aviv. Most importantly, he created a new vision of the characters of Hamlet and Horace, re-examined the image of Claudius, and outlined a historiosophical and political interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedy. In Israel, the critics usually recognized the ideological message of Swinarski’s staging correctly; however, they questioned its point and denied its value.
Keywords:
Konrad Swinarski, Shakespeare, «Hamlet», The Cameri Theater of Tel Aviv, Stary Teatr in KrakówReferences
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Danuta Kuźnickadanuta.kuznicka@ispan.pl
Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1225-1897
Ph.D., professor of theatre studies at the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw and the vicedirector of this institution. Her research interests include visual theatre, dance and theory of theatre with special regard to the problems of the description of theatre performance.
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