Adolf Walewski

Adolf Leopold Wal (l) ek-Walewski (born January 18, 1852 in Lemberg , Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , Austrian Empire ; † December 4, 1911 in Lemberg, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary ) was a Polish actor , director and Playwright .

Walewski attended the drama school in his hometown until 1871 and then worked as an actor in Lemberg and Posen until 1873 . After three years of military service, he returned to his hometown until 1900, and from 1881 also as a director. After five years at the Teatr Miejski in Kraków , he returned to Lemberg, where he worked until his death. In 1910 he had a guest performance with his ensemble in Vienna .

As a director, Walewski felt connected to the realism of Émile Augier , Hermann Sudermann and Józef Bliziński . In collaboration with the author Stanisław Wyspiański , he directed the world premiere of his play Wesele in 1901 . Further results of their collaboration were the performances of Wyz-wolenie (1903), Bolesława Śmiałego (1903) and Noc listo-padową (1910). Walewski himself wrote about a dozen plays, including Ach, Zakopane , Don Kichot and Farbiarze . He was the father of the composer Bolesław Wallek-Walewski and the actress Anna Walewska .

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SURNAME	Walewski, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Walek-Walewski, Adolf; Wallek-Walewski, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish actor, director and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lviv
DATE OF DEATH	December 4, 1911
Place of death	Lviv