Dec 22, 2009
The Oxford Dictionary of Plays | The Wedding
Wedding, The (Wesele)
Author: Stanisław Wyspiański
First Performance: 1901, Cracow
Published: 1901
First English Translation: 1904
Genre: Drama in 3 acts; Polish verse, 4-stress rhymed lines
Setting: Living room of farmhouse near Cracow, Poland, 1900
Cast: 23m, 12f
A noisy wedding celebration takes place in the neighbouring hall, as characters come and go in the living room where the buffet has been set out. We meet the Groom, a writer from Cracow, and Jadwiga, his pretty, simple peasant Bride. They have married in the home of the Groom's brother, a painter, who after also marrying a peasant girl is now a prosperous farmer. Politics are discussed, flirtations take place, and the Priest instructs the young couple. Intellectuals and peasants are united in their desire to return to...
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