The Ambassador Theatre in Washington took place on Thursday evening (U.S. time) premiere of “The Madman and the Nun” by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, one of the most popular works of Polish precursor theater of the absurd.

Presentation in translation directed by Daniel Gerould Bondarewska Hanna – artistic director of the theater. The play takes place in a psychiatric hospital. The hero is locked in the young poet Mieczyslaw Walpurg (in English translation of the name was changed to Alexander), who tries to escape with a beautiful nun.

The surreal comedy-drama written by Witkacy in 1923 was interpreted as a metaphor for the conflict with an oppressive society, individuals.

Present at the premiere of Daniel Gerould, Professor of New York City University of New York (CUNY), one of the most prominent specialists in the world Witkacy, staging boasted in an interview with PAP.

“It’s good that the director did not, as archaic art-historical, but with references to the present, referring to the sensitivity of today’s audience” – said the critic.

Performing “The Madman and the Nun” in the Ambassador Theatre will take place six times a week to 18 December inclusive.

The premiere was preceded by an evening dedicated to the art of Witkacy at the Kosciuszko Foundation in Washington with the participation of a professor of literature from Washington University. George Mason, Mark Rudnicki. He delivered a lecture on Polish dramaturgu.

From Washington Tomasz Zalewski (PAP)