Deconstruction is more difficult than construction - proof of which is Michał Borczuch's play, "A Great Man for Small Business," based on the drama by Alexander Fredro and performed in Stary Theater in Krakow. There is no longer a country manner, but rather a claustrophobic room, decorated with ugly brown wallpaper, along with uncomfortable office chairs, a drawer, and a stool.

The only thing hinting of a world beyond is a picture of some gentlemen, probably government administrators, hanging on the wall. Dolski (played by Błażej Peszek) often looks with longing eyes at these photographs, because he dreams of working in administration some day. He attempts to become the director of a credit union, and is supported during his campaign by Jenialkiewicz (played by Zygmunt Józefczak), who thinks himself to be a genius in business. Janialkiewicz is also in charge of the estate of four of his cousins who all live together in the countryside. We do not, however, get to see the estate. The action of the play has been moved by the director into a marginal area, which does not make it less attractive. The director has kept what is most important - the emotions. The economic and interpersonal emotions; because for the young people in the small room there are only two subjects worthy of discussion: money and marriage. The director shows us how, in a stuffy and bori