The translation of Felicja Kruszewska's A Dream introduces a major
play by a twentieth-century female playwright to the
English-speaking world. On March 7, 1927 A Dream - a large-scale
expressionistic drama by an unknown poet - burst on the Polish
theatrical scene in a dazzling debut production by the young actor
Edmund Wiercinski, who would become one of the outstanding
directors of his time. The play's hallucinatory visions of the rise
of fascism and the heroine's longing for a providential savior on a
white horse spoke directly to Polish audiences about their deepest
anxieties. During the next two years A Dream received three
additional stagings and became the subject of lively debate and
controversy. The play, which has been successfully revived in 1974,
is an outstanding example of European expressionism. The volume
also contains An Excursion to the Museum, by the contemporary
Polish poet, playwright, and short-story writer Tadeusz Rozewicz. A
disturbing account of an utterly mundane visit to Auschwitz, the
tale is a brilliant example of the playwright's technique of poetic
collage.
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