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His work since then, with a small permanent company, became one of the most potent sources of information for modern actors and directors. Any object present onstage must be present from the beginning of the production to the. As a record of grotowski s theatrical experiments, this book. Jan 15, 2003 one of the centurys most impressive theatrical manifestos irving wardle jerzy grotowski created the theatre laboratory in opole, southwest poland, in 1959.
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