Les pieces de George Sand dans les Théâtres de Varsovie au XIXe siecle

The article discusses the stagings of George Sand’s plays at Government Theatres of Warsaw in the 19th century (“Mauprat,” “Le marquis de Villemer,” “Académie de l’art poétique,” “Le mariage de Victorine”). The play that achieved the greatest success was “Mauprat,” staged almost continuously at the Teatr Wielki from 1856 to 1878. The success was due to the tastes of the Warsaw audience, sensitive to the achievements of the Romantic theatre and attached to their stage “stars”: in the case of “Mauprat,” the beloved “star” was Jan Królikowski, who frequently appeared as John Mauprat during the 20-year staging period. The article presents the traits of “Mauprat”’s adaptation and translation by Jan Tomasz Seweryn Jasiński (based on the available theatrical copies of the play), as well as theatrical reviews appearing in the press at that time, concerned with all of Sand’s plays which were staged in Warsaw.