ABSTRACT
I first encountered the working methods of Jerzy Grotowski through Ryszard Cieslak, a founding member of Grotowski’s Laboratory Theatre of Wroclaw Cieslak, who died in the summer of 1990, is world-renowned for his creation of the title role in Grotowski’s production, The Constant Prince. Though I remember Cieslak saying, “I am not Grotowski,” his connection to the work of Grotowski is clear: Cieslak’s formation as an actor evolved in the Laboratory Theatre, where he became the leading actor during the group’s highest creative period.
