Hunting Cockroaches and Other PlaysNorthwestern University Press, 1990 - 216 pages Janusz Glowacki's highly theatrical and often hilarious works concern the immigrant experience of the Eastern European in America, the struggles of the individual in a repressive state, and the manipulations of political and social power. The girls' reform school of Cinders, the Lower East Side tenement of Hunting Cockroaches, and the Norwegian court littered with bodies in Fortinbras Gets Drunk serve as backdrops for Glowacki's tragicomic explorations of the play within the play of contemporary existence. |
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actor-STERNBORG afraid camera CAMERAMAN CENSOR CINDERELLA CLAPPERGIRL cockroaches course CZESIO DAGNY BORG dance Danish DARKNESS Scene Denmark DEPUTY DIRECTOR dressed drink drunk EIGHT EYES ELECTRICIAN exit FAIRY GODMOTHER father film floor FORTINBRAS takes FORTINBRAS's fuck GHOST GIRLS give goes grabs guerillas hair HAMLET hands hate head heard idea INSPECTOR killed King Claudius King of Finland King of Norway Laertes laughing leave Listen look mean mother never Oberhausen offstage park play Poland Polish POLONIUS PRINCE Prince Hamlet PRINCIPAL pulls RYSIO Rysiu scream shake shit silence SILENT CELL sing sleep smiles someone sorry sound SOUNDMAN stage stand starts Statue of Liberty STEPMOTHER STERNBORG and EIGHT stop sure swig talk tell Thank There's thing THOMPSON throne told turns light UGLY SISTER vodka VOICE Wait What's wheelchair wife write Yeah yelling Zbyszek