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Poland: Protesters scuffle outside performance of Catholic sex play. ruptly on May 27, 2017 Scuffles broke out as hundreds of nationalists blocked entrance to the Theatre Powszechny over a controversial …More
Poland: Protesters scuffle outside performance of Catholic sex play.
ruptly on May 27, 2017 Scuffles broke out as hundreds of nationalists blocked entrance to the Theatre Powszechny over a controversial performance of the play 'The Curse', Warsaw, on Saturday.
Croatian director Oliver Frljić's play, called “The Curse” – an adaptation of Polish writer Stanisław Wyspiański's 1899 play of the same name – has been widely criticised since its premiere in Warsaw's Teatr Powszechny on Saturday.
Critics have slammed the play for scenes in which guns are made out of religious symbols and sex acts are performed on the leader of the Catholic church, who is also portrayed as about to be executed.
A top Polish official from the Catholic Church said the cross, a Christian symbol, is violated during performances, while insults directed at the late, Polish-born leader of the Church, Pope John Paul II, are "especially painful for Poles".
The head of the Polish prime minister's office, Beata Kempa, said …More
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