Collected Plays Volume 1, Plays for One Actor, is the first volume of dramas by Kazimierz Braun in a bilingual, Polish-English edition. It contains two dramas for an actress and five for an actor. "Emigrant Queen" tells the story of the fate and journey of the great actress Helena Modrzejewska (Modjeska), a star of Polish and American stages in the second half of the 19th century. "Hollywood Means Sacred Forest" depicts the attempts of a Polish actress to make a career in America in the 1980's. The texts about Tadeusz Köciuszko, Cyprian Kamil Norwid, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Ignacy Jan Paderewski,…mehr
Collected Plays Volume 1, Plays for One Actor, is the first volume of dramas by Kazimierz Braun in a bilingual, Polish-English edition. It contains two dramas for an actress and five for an actor. "Emigrant Queen" tells the story of the fate and journey of the great actress Helena Modrzejewska (Modjeska), a star of Polish and American stages in the second half of the 19th century. "Hollywood Means Sacred Forest" depicts the attempts of a Polish actress to make a career in America in the 1980's. The texts about Tadeusz Köciuszko, Cyprian Kamil Norwid, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, and Saint Maximilian Kolbe are biographical dramas about these great Poles who-each in their own field-had a huge impact on the course of Polish history, its literature and culture, as well as Polish spirituality; they also made their mark on history in its broadest sense. Kazimierz Braun is a director, writer, and scholar. He was artistic director and general manager of professional theatres in Poland. He directed in Poland, the United States, Canada, Ireland, Germany, and other countries. He taught at Polish and American universities. He published several books on theatre history and theory, as well as novels, dramas, and poetry. His plays have been staged in Poland, USA, Canada, and Ireland
Kazimierz Braun is director, writer, and scholar. He studied Polish literature and directing. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Poznä and his habilitation at the University of Wroc¿aw; he also obtained a habilitation in directing at the Drama School in Warsaw. He holds the title of full professor both in Poland and the United States. He directed over 150 theater productions in Poland, the USA, Canada, Ireland, Germany and other countries. He was the Artistic Director and General Director of the Theater J. Osterwa in Lublin (1967-1974) and the Contemporary Theater in Wroc¿aw (1975-1984). He taught at universities in Poland and the United States, including the University of Wroc¿aw, the Drama School Kraków-Wroc¿aw, University of California, City University of New York, New York University, University at Buffalo. He is the author of over 70 books on the history and practice of theater, as well as novels, poetry and dramas, published in several languages. His dramas were produced in Poland, the USA, Canada, and Ireland. He is also the author of translations from English, French and Italian into Polish and from Polish and French into English. He has received a number of artistic, literary, and scholarly awards, including awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, Fulbright Foundation, Turzäski Foundation, the Japanese Foundation and the London Prize for Literature.
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