Loose Screws: Nine New Plays from Poland

By Osborne Phillips and Melita Denning

An unprecedented anthology of contemporary Polish drama , Loose Screws brings together nine previously un-translated plays by prominent playwrights who have emerged in rapidly changing postcommunist landscapes. The plays expose ways in which individual and social violence impinge upon one another, disrupt notions of a monolithic Polish identity, and try to find meaning within the post-9/11 global context. This comprehensive collection offers an account of Polish history and politics though plays that range in subject from communism to mental illness, criminal and social violence, and working-class life and globalization. Serving as the cornerstone for the collection, Malgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk's Loose Screws examines the ways in which various psychopathologies play themselves out in the private and public spheres in postcommunist Poland. The anthology includes a substantive introduction that situates each play within its historical, political, and theatrical context.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857421778
• ISBN13: 9780857421777
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 7.5"