(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)
A year after his wife, Anastazja, died under mysterious circumstances, the daughters hold a spiritualist séance . w_malym_dworku_stanislaw_ignacy_witkiewicz_1969...
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