Wielka Dama Oświecenia. Księżna Izabela Czartoryska w blasku teatru, teatralizacji i mediów
Grand Lady of the Enlightenment. Princess Izabela Czartoryska in the Light of Theatre, Theatricalisation, and Media

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the theatre, acting, and educational activity of Izabela Czartoryska, née Flemming, the wife of Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski—a dramatist of the Enlightenment and a theorist. A panegyric dedicated to her on November 19th, 1765, during The National Theatre opening ceremony, made her the patroness of the Polish stage. As based on authoritative sources, the paper depicts her acting on stage, presence among the Polish and foreign theatre audience, planning of the programme, inspiration of dramatists, education of actors of School of Chivalry and of The National Theatre. The text also focuses of Izabela’s stage acting profile and traces her relation with the audience. In conclusion it is stated that all forms of Czartoryska’s early acting experience formed a basis for her creation in the family residence of Puławy a centre of national culture.

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