Theatre of Polish Classics • performance “REVENGE”

“Revenge”, next to “Bachelorette”, Alexander Fredra's most famous comedy, has been alive in the consciousness of many generations of Poles for almost 200 years. Critics wrote that it was like a “polonaise played with the sound of words” and everyone agreed on one thing - this is Fredry's most Polish comedy.

The neighborhood dispute between Cześnik and Rejent becomes the basis for showing human vices, ridiculing pettiness, but also an opportunity to remind why in the end it is agreement that will rebuild what hatred has destroyed. As it happens in comedy, “Revenge” could not miss a love intrigue aimed at young lovers and the intrigues of the so-called middle generation, that is, the funny Papkin and the appetizing Podstolina.

A separate motive is the dispute over the castle, in which the action of the comedy takes place. He plays the role of the co-protagonist of the work as a motif from a pre-romantic Gothic novel, in which the conflict over the castle becomes the spring that sets the characters in motion. The origin of this motif dates back to 1764, when the English writer Horace Walpole published “The Castle of Otranto”, a novel probably known to Fredra. Historians of literature also classify Fredra as one of the continuators of the Polish Enlightenment, but it is not possible (as was often the case) to consider him an imitator of Molier in his comedic work. Fredro has his own unique, Polish style that fascinates us so much and makes us laugh so much in “Revenge”.

This style is the ultimate test of comedy. And it was from such noble poetic material that Fredro weaved “Revenge”, which is worth constantly reminding. Thanks to the unique, faithful to the letter of the text and respect for the word, the staging of the Polish Classics Theater, we can move to Kamieniec Castle to see for ourselves why we are so eager to build walls between us and what will happen when, in a world where agreement is supposedly impossible, holy peace reigns for a moment.

Directed by: Michał Chorosiński

Set design and costumes: Barbara Wesołowska-Kowalska

Music: Marcin Poalski; Jerzy Matysiak — clarinet; Łukasz Matusiak — bassoon; Agata Wojciechowska — oboe; Joanna Krajewska-Matusiak — flute

CAST:

Chesnik Raptusiewicz: Michał Chorosiński, Jarosław Gajewski

Klara: Karolina Piwosz, Marta Dylewska, Maria Witkowska

Director Milczek: Dariusz Kowalski

Wacław: Cezary Lukaszewicz, Tomasz Osica, Ksawery Szlenkier

Podstolina: Maja Hirsch, Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zdun, Lidia Sadowa

Papkin: Lukasz Lewandowski, Tomasz Drabek, Andrzej Mastalerz

Dyndalski: Leszek Zduń

Śmigalski: Paweł Lipnicki

Mularz: Henryk Gołębiewski

Organized by: Theatre of Polish Classics

Ticket prices: GROUND FLOOR: 80zł normal ticket, 70 zl reduced ticket*; BALCONY: 70 zł normal ticket, 60 zł reduced ticket*

Ticket sales: MDK in Andrychów, ul. Szewska 7, tel.: 33 875 31 05, 512 442 918.

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*The discount ticket is available to pupils, students, seniors over 60 years of age, people with disabilities and holders of the Large Family Card.