Edited and translated by Daniel Gerould and C.S. Durer foreword by Jan Kott. Painter playwrights novelist aesthetician philosopher and expert on drugs Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz or Witkacy as he called himself remains Polands outstanding figure in the arts between the two world wars. This volume brings together three of Witkiewiczs best works for the stage as well as a selection from his critical writing. The plays deal with the authors principal themes and obsessions the dilemma of the art