Teatr Wojska Polskiego

The Teatr Wojska Polskiego ( German  Theater of the Polish Army ) was a Polish theater that operated from 1943 to 1949.

history

The theater was formed in November 1943 in Selzy an der Oka under the name Teatr Żołnierza I Korpusu Polskich Sił Zbrojnych w ZSRR ( German  Soldier Theater of the 1st Corps of the Polish Armed Forces in the USSR ) under the direction of Władysław Krasnowiecki from the one founded in June 1943 Soldier Theater of 1 Warszawska Dywizja Piechoty . Since March 1944 it was named Teatr 1st Armii Polskiej ( German  Theater of the 1st Polish Army ) and came to Lublin in August 1944 . There it was renamed Teatr Wojska Polskiego in October 1944 and performed his first play Wesele by Stanisław Wyspiański .

The theater in Łódź had been active since January 1945 and was able to celebrate successes with productions by Leon Schiller , who took over the management of the theater from 1946 to 1949.

The Teatr Wojska Polskiego was renamed in 1949 into the Stefan Jaracz Theater , which still exists today .

Productions (selection)

• 1944: Wesele by Stanisław Wyspiański
• 1946: Cud mniemany, czyli Krakowiacy i górale by Wojciech Bogusławski
• 1947: Celestyna after Fernando de Rojas
• 1947: Burza by William Shakespeare

Web links

• Teatr Wojska Polskiego. In: Encyklopedia PWN. Retrieved August 17, 2020 (Polish). 
• Teatr Wojska Polskiego. In: Encyklopedia Teatru Polskiego. Retrieved August 17, 2020 (Polish, Theater in Lublin). 
• Teatr Wojska Polskiego. In: Encyklopedia Teatru Polskiego. Retrieved August 17, 2020 (Polish, Theater in Łódź).