Fantomowa religia. O dramacie Licheń story Jarosława Jakubowskiego

Abstract

Licheń story is a drama taking place in a sanctuary, a place where numerous pilgrims come. One of them is composed of the protagonists of the drama: Bishop, Nowoczesna Ona (Modern She), Pan Gminny (Commune Lord), Pani Gminna (Commune Lady), Son. The counterattack for them are the supernatural characters: Dyzio (the ghost of the tragically deceased son of the Lord and the Lady of Communes), the Father, and the Relic. Among the pilgrims and metaphysical entities, live other inhabitants of the sanctuary: a Cook from Bethany, Parkingowy (Parking Man), Dziewczyna Klozetowa (Lavatory Girl). Each of the pilgrims comes to the sanctuary with their own tragic history, weighing on their conscience, trying to drown out their grief, guilt or longing. The protagonists, connected in a dialogue, pass indifferently around themselves, focused only on their own problems. Licheń story, by exposing the intimate spheres of the human soul, is an image of Polish religiosity in a post-secular world.