Дискурс України у просторі польського театру (на прикладі репертуару польської сцени у Львові першої половини ХІХ ст.)

An overview of play scripts with a Ukrainian component from the repertoire of the Polish Theatre in Lviv in the fi rst half of the 19th century was conducted for the fi rst time in Ukrainian theatre studies. The content of various works was analysed and the presence of Ukrainian people as characters in musical and dramatic plays was revealed. The presence of Ukrainian discourse in Polish theatre of that period is proved and a short outline of its special features and the way it represented Ukrainian people on a foreign theatre stage is presented. The article pays special attention to the presence of Ukrainian women and their image as «gender symmetry» in Ukrainian discourse in the above mentioned plays. The continuous history of performances that include Ukrainian characters on Lviv’s Polish stage in the given period is emphasized.