język polskijęzyk angielski

Whole life

Genre
Drama
Female cast
Male cast
Original language of the play
Details
The text was created as part of the project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of obtaining the electoral rights by Polish women, organized by the Association "Sto Lat Głosu Kobiet"
Original title
Całe życie

Whole life is a raw, contemporary drama with a lot of comedy and strongly outlined characters. At the end of the summer there is a meeting between a couple with complicated relationships and random tourists who travel by coach surfing. The tourists are taken to a spectacular villa in Tuscany, where, contrary to their expectations, they are welcomed by a mature couple from Poland - a feminist journalist and the author of not very popular crime stories. It soon turns out that the villa does not belong to them - they only use their friends' house during the holidays. The tourists are a beginner actress and a student still searching for his way in life. They act like a couple, but the girl stresses that they are not a couple. During an extended evening, after dinner and a lot of wine and whisky, there are violent discussions and true vivisection. Myths and images are being revealed. The young actress receives a call to play in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, which further stimulates the atmosphere, as everyone notices the analogy of the situation: two drunken couples and a harsh psychological game. Consciously referring to the popular play, the writer and his wife arrange a real show of marital hatred for random guests. Frustrations, resentments and secrets that can only be revealed to complete strangers, who are never to be seen again, come to light. The biting irony turns out to be a more dangerous weapon than a shotgun taken out of a showcase in the hands of a drunken "master of the house". After all, humiliation and insults can only be endured until a certain point. And only until the accidental witnesses of the marital carnage remain uninvolved. The game begins, which cannot be interrupted anymore. No one will come out of here as a winner, but also no one will let themselves be defeated. Both protagonists of the drama formulate their life manifestos and immediately question them, presenting at the same time a range of varied emotions, attitudes and views that a modern woman has to define herself with, and often simply test them out on her own. The challenge that this situation poses to men makes it possible to present the crisis of masculinity in a nutshell. And if something can save the night, it is a moment of bitter truth before dawn, which each character discovers for themselves.