ABSTRACT
“The theatre must recognize its own limitations. If it cannot be richer than the cinema, then let it be poor. If it cannot be as lavish as television, let it be ascetic. If it cannot be a technical attraction, let it renounce all outward technique. Thus we are left with a ‘holy’ actor in a poor theatre” (Grotowski, 1968, p. 41).
A stripped body before us, vulnerable, making an offering, is a holy act, a penance on behalf of us all.
