The British and Americans on the Polish Theater of the Post-Partitioning Years
Przemysław Deles (ed.)
Museum of the Royal Castle in Warsaw (Poland)
Szymon Żuchowski (ed.)
Biblioteka Narodowa (Warszawa) (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-5999
Abstract
The publication consists of fragments of 43 English-language texts of varied character, which are linked by the fact that their authors report their observations and experiences relating to the theatres and theatre life in the territory of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the post-partitioning period (1795–1918). They include classic travel accounts as well as autobiographies, reportages, memoirs, works of an analytical or problem-focused nature. These texts were written over more than a century in a changing political and social environment. This – and the political views of the authors – obviously influenced the manner and perspective of the writings. The references collected here do not form any thematic or temporal sequence, as they refer to different contexts; nevertheless they do provide a lot of interesting informations and insights. They range from those about the National Theatre headed by Wojciech Bogusławski, about Franciszek Bohomolec or Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, to the legendary production of Kordian in 1899 in Cracow and the first tango at the Warsaw Novelty Theatre in 1915. Information on dance concerns both stage dance and social practices (ballet, dance on a tight rope, mazur, tango).
Keywords:
history of Polish theater 1795–1918, historical sources, memoirs, theater's cultural mobility, dance, Polish dance abroadReferences
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Przemysław Deles (ed.)Museum of the Royal Castle in Warsaw Poland
historian. Graduate of the Institute of History, University of Warsaw. He obtained his doctorate at the Faculty of History of the same university. Scholarship holder of the Lanckoronski Foundation in London (2007), intern at the Parques de Sintra – Monte da Lua (2014), participant in The Royal Collection Studies (Royal Collecting and Patronage in Britain, 2010). He works at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, including in managerial positions and as a Graduate Curator. His research interests revolve around the history of travel and the ideology and propaganda of power. The publication Joannici i ich związki z ziemiami polskimi [Joannici and Their Relations with the Polish Lands] (ed. P. Deles and P. Mrozowski) won a distinction of the Klio Prize (editorial category) and the second prize of the „Mazovian Museum Event – Willow” competition. For his work on the book and the exhibition Around the Maltese Cross, Deles was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order „Pro Merito Melitensi.”
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Szymon Żuchowski (ed.)Biblioteka Narodowa (Warszawa) Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-5999
poet, music critic, translator. Studied applied linguistics at the University of Warsaw. Translator of the academic journal Polish Libraries. In 2014, winner of the 2nd prize for translation (from Spanish) of the 10th International Storytelling Festival (1st prize was not awarded). In 2012 nominated for the Main Prize at the 18th Jacek Bierezin National Poetry Competition, in 2017 nominated for the final of the Orpheus – K. I. Gałczyński Poetry Prize.
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