Controversial theatre makers score success with Krasinski remake in Krakow

Demirski’s play “un-divine comedy. I’LL TELL GOD ON YOU!”, inspired by Zygmunt Krasinski’s Romantic-era masterpiece, was performed at the National Old Theatre in Krakow to critical acclaim.

The piece focuses on the anti-Semitic motives present in the original play. An attempt to stage Krasinski’s original play at the Old Theatre was abandoned last year amid protests and threats to the staging’s authors.

Set in contemporary Poland, the piece uses some of the original dialog from Krasinski’s play about the approaching apocalyptic revolution. But the authors change the meaning of the play from a conflict between aristocrats and democrats to one between capitalists and leftists. (an)