Episode 3

Orłowska is increasingly coping with her new circumstances. Although she continues to work as a chorus girl, she manages to enter the social elite of the Tivoli Theatre. She gives piano lessons to the director's daughter, and an actress friend invites her on outings and nights out to bars. Janka's beauty attracts the attention of a growing number of men associated with Cabiński's theatre. However, she consistently rejects all advances. To her disappointment, she also discovers that the artistic world is full of people of mediocre talent, hypocritical, and devoid of dignity. Frustrated with her chorus performances, Janka spends her nights rehearsing great Shakespearean roles. However, there's no sign that she'll ever have the opportunity to perform them on stage. A bright spot in Orłowska's increasingly gray life is her acquaintance with a young playwright, who unsuccessfully tries to get his play staged on a Warsaw stage.