Wykonawczynie roli Edmei w Mauprat George Sand
Performers of Edmea’s Role of in Mauprat by George Sand

Summary/Abstract: The present article is to be treated as a source article. It reports on subsequent stage productions of Mauprat – a George Sand’s play staged in Warsaw theatres in the second half of the 19th century (with a short episode in the 20th century). The main female role, Edmea, was played by: Salomea Palińska (1856), Helena Modjeska (1869), Maria Deryng (1878) and Aldona Jasińska (1918). As the basis for source research Warsaw magazines: especially post-premiere articles were used. The research methodology is determined by the nature of the sources. The article includes a preserved theatrical handwritten copy (prompter) of the discussed play from the collection of the Lviv Library. Based on numerous press reviews (quoted abundantly), attempts were made to describe the nature of the performances and their reception by the audience and critics. Information (unfortunately sporadic) is included about such elements of performances as scenography and costumes. The most important direction within the research proposed in the article is an attempt to determine the specificity of the performance of subsequent actresses playing the role of Edmea. Knowledge about the 19th century theatre is still incomplete, and an attempt to extract an image of old performances from the preserved materials is at risk of fragmentation. In the case of Mauprat however, it is possible to capture a handful of important indicators that broaden the knowledge on reception of George Sand’s plays on Polish stages, and on durability of the Romantic style in theatre, and finally on outstanding actresses and actors of those years.

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