'I place Boguslaw Schaeffer's genius firmly at the centre of the
European cultural heritage which expressed avant-gardism during my
lifetime.' Richard Demarco This anthology of plays by Boguslaw
Schaeffer, a Polish playwright, composer, musicologist and graphic
designer, includes his most frequently performed works: Scenario
for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental Actor (1976), Quartet
for Four Actors (1979), and Scenario for Three Actors (1987). The
plays are examples of Instrumental Theatre. Like Schaeffer's
microtonal compositions, they are carefully structured and employ
cyclical repetitions, and codes. Schaeffer's most famous
instrumental play, the Quartet for Four Actors, has been so
successful that it has been staged by practically every Polish
theatre. Scenario for a Non-Existing, but Possible Instrumental
Actor, opened in 1976 and has since been staged over 1,500 times
around the world. During its 40-year run, it has been critically
acclaimed and has won many awards, including the 1995 Grand Prix at
New York's Theatre Festival. Winner of many prestigious
international awards, Scenario for Three Actors, has been a
permanent fixture in many Polish theatres since its premiere.
Schaeffer is a universal artist, unafraid to explore a range of
fields,forms, and subject matter, and his theatre, like his music,
defies previous, established conventions and techniques, surprising
its audiences with innovative and invigorating form and style.
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