Student has a cool life – about the mythologization of theatrical student movement

The history of functioning of student theatres of the Coast, that are one of the most outstanding examples of student culture achievements in 1950s and 1960s, although seems to be well-known, is rarely a subject to reliable analysis and critical reflection. The article attempts to view the mythologized moment of the prosperity of the student culture in  the PRL from a modern perspective, confronting it with a current beliefs about student life. In the text memories of actors are used as well as those of co-creators and friends of the theatres ‘Co to’, ’Bim-Bom’, ‘Cyrk Rodziny Afanasjeff’, all derived from the direct conversation and memoirs as well as thesis articles and dissertations highlighting the  contexts of the student culture of the PRL. The text emphasizes the simplification of student theatres history in the dominant narrative based on anecdotal, mythologizing view of the era of student theatres.

The history of functioning of student theatres of the Coast, that are one of the most outstanding examples of student culture achievements in 1950s and 1960s, although seems to be well-known, is rarely a subject to reliable analysis and critical reflection. The article attempts to view the mythologized moment of the prosperity of the student culture in  the PRL from a modern perspective, confronting it with a current beliefs about student life. In the text memories of actors are used as well as those of co-creators and friends of the theatres ‘Co to’, ’Bim-Bom’, ‘Cyrk Rodziny Afanasjeff’, all derived from the direct conversation and memoirs as well as thesis articles and dissertations highlighting the  contexts of the student culture of the PRL. The text emphasizes the simplification of student theatres history in the dominant narrative based on anecdotal, mythologizing view of the era of student theatres.