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Tereislittlemoreacriticcandotosavethedaybuttoexpresshis
amazement,andtorecogniseamasterwhenheseesone.Andyetthezealof
Shakespearescholarsgoesfarbeyondwatchfulobservation.Shakespeare
wouldpushessentialquestionsandhisenormousstatusstemsdirectly,
thoughnotexclusively,fromthewaywepressedforanswersintheepochs
whichcameafterwards.Attheendoftheroad,allgreatliteraturefeedson
theenhancedawarenessofbeingandpassingaway.TouseAndrzej’sinsight,
itrehearsesthetragedyofthehumanmindfilledwithburningemotions
whichconsumeourbodieswiththeferocityofDejanira’scloth.“Tosewho
sufermore,livestrongerlives,anddieamoreterrifyingdeath”,wroteAn-
drzejonAnthonyandCleopatra.7
Andrzejexcelledinenliveningthepast.Terearesparksofhisownper-
sonalityintheportrayalsofShakespearemaniacssketchedbyhishand.
Teysuccumbtothesameeuphoriaofreading,thecompulsionofretelling,
thoughtsrunningwild,timerunningout…Aboveall,however,theyaresim-
ilarlyawareofthecommunionofgenerations:actorsandspectatorsstriving
relentlesslytowardsthetheatresofallages,anddrownedbytheirneedto
lookintothemirrorofthestage.Tismovementofgenerations-themarch
oftheliving,shadowsandphantoms-deservescriticalattention,whether
theywalkinsilence,cryorcheer.
“Andintheair…”-saysAndrzej-Somethingprevails.Something
veryimportant.8
7Żurowski,CzytającSzekspira,p.350.Hisessayentitled„KoszulaDejaniry”[Dejani-
ra’scloth].
8Żurowski,MODrzeJEwSKA,p.510.Telastsentence.
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