Wojciech Bogusławski

Wojciech Bogusławski (1757-1829), born at Glinno, near Poznań, into the lesser nobility, studied with the Piarists of Warsaw and at the Academy of Kraków, and made his debut in 1778 on the public stage of Warsaw as actor, singer and author. He then moved to the theatre of Lwów, directed the National Theatre of Warsaw in 1783-1785, 1790-1794 and 1799-1814, and had a theatre built at his own expense at Kalisz in 1801. A freemason and member of the Kościuszko conspiracy, he also wrote on the actor's art. He is called the father of Polish theatre. He died in Warsaw in 1829.

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• TheatreCud mniemany, czyli Krakowiacy i GóraleWojciech Bogusławski · 1794not translated into EnglishLiterature