Towards a Poor Theatre Summary
Jerzy Grotowski

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Towards a Poor Theatre Summary

Towards a Poor Theatre is a collection of essays, interviews, and instructions for actors developed chiefly by Jerzy Grotowski and his Polish Theatre Laboratory, which Grotowski established to further the theory and practice of acting.

Grotowski begins by wondering what separates the theatre from its chief rivals, film and television. He finds that the essential unique element of theatre is contact with the "living organism" - the actor. Since theatre can...

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