https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/195 Project MUSE®: Latest articles in Theater. daily 1 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 text/html en-US Vol. 29, no. 2 (1999); Vol. 30 (2000) - vol. 34 (2004) Latest Articles: Theater TWO Project MUSE® Theater 1527-196X 0161-0775 Latest articles in Theater. Feed provided by Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/article/177205 <p></p> Witold and Rita Gombrowicz, Vence, France, 1969. Photo: Hanne Garthe, courtesy Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University The Witold Gombrowicz Archive found a home at Yale University in 1996, when the Beinecke Library acquired it from his widow, Rita. It comprises papers and books Gombrowicz had in his possession at the time of his death in July 1969 as well as important documentation she subsequently assembled. A survey of its theater-related holdings not only offers a rare glimpse of theater history but also indicates possible areas for research and production in the future. Gombrowicz did not save his manuscripts, and few of his works survive in this form. The archive thus contains ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/177218">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/195/image/coversmall Gombrowicz's Archives and the Theater 2005-01-20 text/html en-US Gombrowicz's Archives and the Theater 2005-01-20 2005 TWO Project MUSE® 19657 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 2005-01-20 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/177208 <p></p> Gombrowicz at his work table, Vence, France, 1965. Photo: Bohdan Paczowski, courtesy Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University &#x22;I was born and raised in a most respectable home&#x22;: This ironic sentence, which begins one of my short stories&#x2014;&#x22;The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki&#x22;&#x2014;may also serve as an opening for these present recollections. I was indeed a milksop from a so-called respectable family; but here the word respectable should be used without irony, since it was a home of people who generally speaking were kind-hearted and had their principles. My father owned a small property in Sandomierz province and also worked in industry; when I was growing up he was president of Central ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/177218">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/195/image/coversmall Correspondence with Luc Bondy 2005-01-20 text/html en-US Correspondence with Luc Bondy 2005-01-20 2005 TWO Project MUSE® 96414 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 2005-01-20 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/177211 <p></p> Gombrowicz in Argentina, circa 1955. Photo: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Whenever I think of Gombrowicz or read his works I remember an anecdote from his life in Argentina. A child asked about the writer during a long absence from his friends&#39; house: &#x22;What happened to that man who makes such funny faces?&#x22; From his first publication of Recollections of Adolescence in Warsaw in 1933&#x2014;a volume of short stories containing &#x22;A Feast at Countess Kotlubay&#39;s&#x22;&#x2014;Gombrowicz made faces at various social conventions and initiated literary games to provoke a reevaluation of cultural patterns. Although that first volume brought a considerable number of reviews, several in major literary ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/177218">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/195/image/coversmall Gombrowicz's Grimaces and Games 2005-01-20 text/html en-US Gombrowicz's Grimaces and Games 2005-01-20 2005 TWO Project MUSE® 18401 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 2005-01-20 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/177212 <p></p> Gombrowicz with his wife Rita and Maria Paczowska, 1966. Photo: Bohdan Paczowski The totality of Witold Gombrowicz&#39;s life and theatrical work can be grasped only through multiple perspectives&#x2014;one must see the road ahead and look in the rearview mirror at the same time. This has always been true but is especially apparent in the midst of the Gombrowicz centennial year in 2004. Gombrowicz was a playwright and the consummate writer&#39;s writer. He lived in Poland for the first half of his life and as an &#xE9;migr&#xE9; for the rest. His plays consistently waited decades for their first professional productions, yet his theatrical talent was always ultimately vindicated in performance. He wrote his four plays in ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/177218">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/195/image/coversmall Improvisation with a Corpse: The Theater of Witold Gombrowicz Enters the Twenty-First Century 2005-01-20 text/html en-US Improvisation with a Corpse: The Theater of Witold Gombrowicz Enters the Twenty-First Century 2005-01-20 2005 TWO Project MUSE® 42500 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 2005-01-20 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/177217 <p></p> Joan Templeton, Ibsen&#x2019;s Women (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 112. Templeton Joan Ibsen&#x2019;s Women New York Cambridge University Press 1997 112 Michael Meyer, Ibsen: A Biography (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971), 454. Meyer Michael Ibsen: A Biography Garden City, NY Doubleday 1971 454 Ibid., 456&#x2013;57. Meyer Michael Ibsen: A Biography Garden City, NY Doubleday 1971 456 457 Henrik Ibsen, Letters and ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/177218">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/195/image/coversmall Playing with Dolls and Houses 2005-01-20 text/html en-US Playing with Dolls and Houses 2005-01-20 2005 TWO Project MUSE® 6556 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 2005-01-20 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/177218 <p></p> The fifteenth Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater (CIFET) took over virtually every theater in Cairo from September 1 to 11, 2003. CIFET attracts seventy-three participants from forty-three countries, including sixteen Arab countries. Though largely unknown in the United States, the festival draws a more diverse group of participants than many of the better-recognized European festivals. For example, this year&#39;s schedule included work not only from most of the Arab nations (including multiple entries from Qatar, Tunisia, and Libya, to name a few), but also from nations as divergent as South Korea, Rwanda, Cameroon, and Uzbekistan. That such a festival should exist in Egypt might seem unexpected. ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/177218">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/195/image/coversmall Masks and Destinies 2005-01-20 text/html en-US Masks and Destinies 2005-01-20 2005 TWO Project MUSE® 8357 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 2005-01-20