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It is famously subtitled a "comedy with corpses" because characters frequently die or return from the dead without the expected tragic weight.
(In a Small Country House) is a classic 1921 drama by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy) that serves as a grotesque parody of 19th-century realistic theater. The 1969 production typically refers to the Television Theater (Teatr Telewizji) adaptation directed by Helmut Kajzar , which brought Witkacy's absurdist "comedy with corpses" to a wider audience. Production Details (1969 Adaptation) w_malym_dworku_stanislaw_ignacy_witkiewicz_1969...
The play is a prime example of Witkacy’s , which aimed to provoke a "metaphysical shudder" in the audience by moving away from realism toward a more mystical and abstract theatrical experience. It is famously subtitled a "comedy with corpses"