Magdalena Walach as She and Sławomir Maciejewski as He .
"Ławeczka" (The Bench) by Aleksander Gelman is a celebrated two-character chamber play that has been adapted multiple times into radio dramas (słuchowiska) and television theater in Poland. Written in 1983, it remains a timeless psychological study of loneliness and the desperate search for human connection.
A quality controller at a hosiery factory, a divorced single mother who is deeply lonely but cautious.
A bus driver who frequently approaches women in the park with various pick-up lines and fabricated stories.
The play is set on a summer evening in a city park in the Soviet Union. It follows a chance encounter between two middle-aged, "life-battered" individuals who are both seeking a brief romantic escape from their grey reality:
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While the play has many theatrical versions, two major audio/radio-centric productions are frequently highlighted in Polish media: Director: Ingmar Villqist.
Written during the late Soviet era, it captures the mundane struggles and lack of fulfillment in the everyday lives of ordinary workers.