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While it is one of Witkacy’s works closest to a realistic setting, it uses that setting specifically to dismantle the conventions of stage realism.

(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) 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. While it is one of Witkacy’s works closest

The story is set in a fictional Polish manor house where the owner, , lives with his two daughters. lives with his two daughters.