THE SPACES OF GROTOWSKI: FROM POOR THEATRE TO OBJECTIVE DRAMA

Abstract

Across the different periods of Jerzy Grotowski´s trajectory, from Poor Theatre to Objective Drama, the article detects and examines the close connection between action, space and place within both the con- ceptual and the practical framework of each one of them. The approach concerns, in particular, the flagship spaces and places of each period, that is, the Laboratory Theatre of Wroclaw, of Poor Theatre, the buildings and the surrounding countryside of Brzezinka, of Paratheatre, and the Barn and the Yurt of the University of Irvine, of Objective Drama. Being theYurt the only building constructed for Grotowski in his trajectory and according to his precise instructions, it deserves special attention as model space with respect to the pretensions of his work.