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Page 3 of 3 Since numerous texts appear in Didaskalia that were previously unknown in Poland, the journal has become a valuable source for researchers into culture, historians, theatre theoreticians and students – consequently, many quotations have appeared in academic dissertations. It was the first journal to receive permission to reprint the texts of Jerzy Grotowski. Other authors whose published texts have appeared in Didaskalia include: Hannah Arendt, Philip Auslander, Denis Bablet, Georges Banu, Eugenio Barba, Natella Baszyndzagian, Thomas Bernhard, Hermann Broch, John Russell Brown, Marvin Carlson, Sue-Ellen Case, Martin Esslin, Erika Fischer-Lichte, Ludwik Flaszen, Heiner Goebbels, Witold Gombrowicz, Henryk Jurkowski, Tadeusz Kantor, Hans-Thies Lehmann, Wlodzimierz Lengauer, Virginie Magnat, Zeami Motokiyo, Robert Musila, Kazuo Ohno, Thomas Ostermeier, Patrice Pavis and Janelle Reinelt.Throughout its existence, Didaskalia has established a theatre community. A large number of students have made their debut here, later to work as critics in other journals and newspapers. The authors and editors of Didaskalia have also published numerous books on film and theatre. Thanks to a long-standing collaboration with scholars and critics from other countries, we not only have the capacity to cover the most important premieres and other theatrical events at a global level, but also of selecting the most interesting and important non-Polish texts. The position and recognition that the journal has established worldwide enables us to obtain texts by the most renowned authors. Didaskalia is the theatre journal that is most frequently invited to collaborate with the media on Polish theatre festivals and symposia. Among the events that were run under the auspices of the journal are: the Dialog and Kontakt International Theatre Festivals; the ‘Klasyka Polska’ [‘Polish Classic’] Opole Theatre Confrontations; Re-visions of Romanticism; Bazart; the International Festival of the Art of Puppetry; the ‘Kontrapunkt’ [‘Counterpoint’] National Festival of Smallscale Theatrical Forms; the Brave Festival – ‘Asian Voices’; the ‘Zdarzenia’ [‘Events’] International Festival of Theatre and Visual Arts; the ‘Cracovia Danza’ Court Dances Festival; the ‘A part’ Festival; the International Days of Young Dramaturgy, in Opole; the conference ‘Tadeusz Kantor a Niemcy i Szwajcaria’ [‘Tadeusz Kantor, Germany and Switzerland’] and others. Didaskalia collaborates with the Jagiellonian University – the majority of the editorial staff are lecturers within the faculty of Theatre Studies. This scholarly knowledge, in combination with the openness and fresh approaches of the reviewers is of immense value. From the 77th issue onwards, since Didaskalia was first published by the Grotowski Institute, the journal has mantained a closer association with Wroclaw’s academic circle. Dr Marta Steiner, a lecturer at the University of Wroclaw, has become a member of the editorial staff. |