The difficulty of writing a good theatre play set in new reality was even greater given that the level of similitude to life that is allowed in a film would not work on the stage.

At the same time, television theatre became more visibly active.

Language also encodes our past. We want to know who we are. To know who we are, we have to know who we used to be. Consequently, our literature, written in the past, anchors us in that past.

However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared.

In the first years after the systemic transition, our screens showed American entertainment that had not been available before, or had been available only sporadically.

In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one.

Television theatre, as is implied in its name, should rely on adaptations of scripts written for the theatre.