Forefathers' Eve

‘Forefathers' Eve’ Anno Domini 2021 is a play about Poland. A community of a bloody ritual and the conformist salon are the two faces of Poland, encountered by Wyspiański along with the spectres at the same wedding.

Today these two types of Poland are our everyday reality – two nations fighting against each other. The Poets stand between the warring sides in this fratricidal battle - they are lonely.  Conservative Poland wants to own the Poets - to shut their mouths.   

To appropriate national history, to rewrite it. To write idyllic, heroic, and innocent history. One can suffocate from this innocence. The 'salon' Poland, with its conformism, with no ideas for the future, desires only prosperity and peace.

This repetitive drama seems to have no end. Today it is visible - we are blinded by it and see no solution.

The Poet's voice will resonate distinctly and tragically in this world - with God or at least despite God.