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EnterLear
enthusiasticcriticalresponse.KingLear,rehearsedinPoznańin1992,
anddirectedbyEugeniuszKorin,wasneverstagedinitsintended
form,duetothesuddendeathofLear,TadeuszŁomnicki,aweek
beforethepremiereperformance.Asifgoingagainstthesadmemory
oftheevent,andcertainlyagainstthetrendwhichemergedinthe
post-warperiod,theturnofthemillenniumbroughtnewandpowerful
LearsplayedbyJanEnglert(1998),JanFrycz(2000),Zbigniew
Zapasiewicz(2001),andDanielOlbrychski(2006).
TheintricaciesofthePolishtheatricalreceptionofKingLear,his
triumphs,disappearancesandspectacularcomebacks,maketheplay
aparticularlyinterestingchoiceforinvestigatingtherelationship
betweentranslationandperformance.Whatpartdidthetranslators
playinthePolishhistoryofKingLear?DidtheylooktoShakespeare
onlyorleantowardsthetheatrebysupplyingscriptsrewrittenfor
theirowntime?Didtheyactasprompters,whisperingwordsintothe
earsoftheactors,orcommandthestagethemselvestotamperwith
Shakespeare’sdesigns?Andlastbutnotleast,areweawareofthe
natureandextentoftheirshareintheperformance?
Thisbookisanattempttofindouttheanswers.
