Contents
From the Series Editor i
Frontispiece ii
Bill Johnston
Preface 1
Kathleen Cioffi
Introduction 3
Timothy Wiles
Mrożek's Plays and the Everyday Absurd in Cold War Poland: The Satirical Short Plays and Tango 15
Halina Stephen
Discovering America in Contemporary Polish Drama 41
Beth Holmgren
The Polish Actress Unbound: Tales of Modrzejewska/Modjeska 57
Elwira Grossman
From (Re)creating Mythology to (Re)claiming Female Voices: Amelia Hertz and Anna Świrszczyńska as Playwrights 79
Halina Filipowicz
Gender in Polish Drama, or, What's a Good Polish Woman like Queen Wanda Doing in Plays like These? 93
Regina Grol
Sławomir Mroźek's The Reverends, or, Is It Better to Be a Jew or a Woman? 127
Jeffrey Veidlinger
From Boston to Mississippi on the Warsaw Yiddish Stage 141
Kathleen Cioffi
Provisorium, Kompania, and their Rots in the "Other" Polish Theatre 165
Allen Kuharski
The Virtual Theatre of Witold Gombrowicz 183
