SOURCE: “The ‘Inner Theatre’ of Karol Wojtyla,” in Polish Perspectives, Vol. XXIV, No. 2, 1981, pp. 64-70.

In the following essay, Taborski discusses the style and major themes of John Paul's dramatic works.

The plays of Karol Wojtyla constitute an unusual, and even in certain respects, unique phenomenon. The reasons for it are certainly far more complex than the fact that this particular playwright became Pope. It would be best (though, perhaps, not now possible), if one could forget about the election to the highest office in the Church of the author of those plays. The fact that these plays have only now been revealed to the world at large is understandable, considering that the author never bothered to have them published or performed. But the plays would sooner or later be noticed and discovered on their own merit. It could happen however, rather later than sooner. These plays are...