Ivona, Princess of Burgundia
George Brown Theatre School
February 9 - 19, 2011
Written in 1938 by renowned Polish author, playwright and philosopher, Witold Gombrowicz, the play centers on Prince Philip who is bored with his life and suffocated by convention. He is looking for a way to alleviate his ennui and vex his parents. He finds Ivona who is the most unattractive girl in the entire kingdom and proposes. Soon, the palace is bursting with gossip, intrigue and self-doubt. Gombrowicz is thought by many to be the 'grandfather' of the Theatre of the Absurd and Princess Ivona, his first play, is also his most popular.
