Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theater in Kraków

Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theater
Narodowy Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej

Słowacki Theatre in Kraków Old Town District
Address Jagiellońska Street 5
Kraków
Poland
Construction
Opened October 20, 1781 (1781-10-20)
Years active 1781–present
Architect
  • Étienne Humbert (1781)
  • Karol Kremer, Tomasz Majewski (1841)
  • Tadeusz Stryjeński, Franciszek Mączyński (1903–1906)
Website
www.stary-teatr.pl

The Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theater in Kraków (Polish: Narodowy Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej), firstly opened in 1781, is one of the oldest public stages in Poland and a national institution of culture. It was named after renowned Shakespearean actress Helena Modrzejewska.

History

The initiators of the Theatre were a member of parliament Feliks Oraczewski and actor Mateusz Witkowski. On 17 October 1781 the city authorities gave Witkowski permission to perform comedy under the condition that he pay fifty Polish zloty on a monthly basis to the municipal treasury.[1][2] In 1798 starosta of Brzeg Jacek Kluszewski, who took over the theater, converted two of his own buildings on the corner of Szczepański Square and Jagiellonian Street into a theater house. In this very place the Theater exists until today.

References

  1. ↑ "History". Narodowy Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Bibliografia Literatury Polskiej – Nowy Korbut IV. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. 1966. pp. 179–180.

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Coordinates: 50°03′48″N 19°56′06″E / 50.0633°N 19.9350°E / 50.0633; 19.9350

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