Wojciech Romuald BogusÅ‚awski (9 April 1757 â€" 23 July 1829) was a
Polish actor, theater director and playwright of the Polish
Enlightenment. He was the director of the National Theatre, Warsaw,
(Teatr Narodowy), during three distinct periods, as well as
establishing a Polish opera.[1] He is considered the "Father of Polish
theatre."[2]Bogusławski was born into the minor nobility in Glinno,
Poznań County, the son of land regent Leopold Bogusławski and Anna
Teresa Linowski (see Pomian coat of arms. It is likely that he
initially studied in Kraków before going on to attend a Piarist
boarding school in Warsaw. In 1774 he traveled to the court of Bishop
Kajetan Sołtyk, where he took part in the amateur theatre
performances organized there. In 1775 he enlisted with the Lithuanian
Footmen's Guard, and left the military three years later with the rank
of officer cadet.Bogusławski embarked on his theatre career in 1778
by joining the troupe of Ludwik Montbrum, where he made his stage
debut, and where his two-act, opera adaptation of Franciszek
Bohomolec's cantata Nędza uszczęśliwiona (Misery Made Happy) was
very well received.
Polish actor, theater director and playwright of the Polish
Enlightenment. He was the director of the National Theatre, Warsaw,
(Teatr Narodowy), during three distinct periods, as well as
establishing a Polish opera.[1] He is considered the "Father of Polish
theatre."[2]Bogusławski was born into the minor nobility in Glinno,
Poznań County, the son of land regent Leopold Bogusławski and Anna
Teresa Linowski (see Pomian coat of arms. It is likely that he
initially studied in Kraków before going on to attend a Piarist
boarding school in Warsaw. In 1774 he traveled to the court of Bishop
Kajetan Sołtyk, where he took part in the amateur theatre
performances organized there. In 1775 he enlisted with the Lithuanian
Footmen's Guard, and left the military three years later with the rank
of officer cadet.Bogusławski embarked on his theatre career in 1778
by joining the troupe of Ludwik Montbrum, where he made his stage
debut, and where his two-act, opera adaptation of Franciszek
Bohomolec's cantata Nędza uszczęśliwiona (Misery Made Happy) was
very well received.
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