Dramaty Zebrane. Collected Plays. Tom 4. Volume 4. Teatr Pami¿ci. Theater of Memory

Theater of Memory is the fourth volume of a collection of dramas by Kazimierz Braun. It includes plays in which the author invites the reader / spectator to accompany the Italian actors of the Commedia dell Arte performing in Paris in the 1730s; to stand close to the powerful genius of the scientist Maria Sklodowska-Curie; to witness the fate and works of the great pianist, composer and statesman Ignacy Paderewski to pondered over the fate of the great director Leon Schiller; to find themselves in Warsaw preparing for the Uprising in 1944, and then heroically fighting the German invaders. 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.