Jerzy Grotowski (Rzeszów, August 11, 1933 - Pontedera, Italy, January 14, 1999) was a Polish theater director and a leading figure in the avant-garde theater of the twentieth century. Most notable of his work is possibly the development of so-called poor theater, which involves advanced technique of psychophysical pioneering work of Konstantin Stanislavski.He studied in Krakow and Moscow, after which he began his career as director and theorist theater founding his own company, the Theatre of the 13 rows, which he headed from 1959 to 1964. In 1965 he moved to Wroclaw and changed the name to Theatre Lab. He triumphed with free classics like The Constant Prince of Calderon de la Barca, where Ryszard Cieślak embodies his conception of holy Actor adaptations.In 1976 the Laboratory Theatre disappeared and continued teaching and experimental work worldwide. Generates the concept of Poor Theatre. His work has influenced contemporary directors and actors such as Alejandro Jodorowsky, Eugenio Barba and Peter Brook. The collection of his theoretical writings, Towards a Poor Theatre, was published in 1968 with introduction of Brook