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Grotowski, Jerzy (1933–1999)| Polish theatre director. His ascetic theory of performance in Towards a Poor Theatre (1968) has had a great influence on experimental theatre in the USA and Europe. His most famous productions were Akropolis (1962), The Constant Prince (1965), and Apocalypsis cum Figuris (1969), which he toured widely. |
| He directed in Opole (from 1959) and then in Wrocław (from 1965); his company, originally the Theatre of the Thirteen Rows, was renamed the Laboratory Theatre in 1962. Grotowski remained its director until 1984. |
| Ranked a central figure in 20th-century theatre, alongside Stanislavski and Brecht, Grotowski was creator of total, metaphysical theatre. In 1982, after martial law had been declared in Poland, he left the country for the USA; the Laboratory Theatre was officially disbanded in 1984. Grotowski developed the Theatre of Sources in the USA and, from 1986, the Workcentre of Jerzy Grotowski in Pondetera, Italy. |
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