Lucjan Rydel authored a dramatic trilogy about King Sigismund II Augustus. He described the 16th century with great erudition as regards the material and political history of the period. He had studied numerous historical ...

In my article I make an assumption that theatre was a crucial part of Lucjan Rydel artistic work. He worked in the theatre and for the theatre as a playwright, theatre critic, director, literary director, lecturer in ...

Niniejszy tekst przedstawia wojenny dorobek Lucjana Rydla. Jego wojenne wiersze (m.in. Przed krucyfiksem wawelskim, W kaplicy Zygmuntowskiej, O wierzbo polska, Prometeusz) interpretowane są w kontekście poezji legionowej ...

The paper shows connections between Stanisław Tarnowski and Lucjan Rydel and his family. Tarnowski was a disciple of Józef Kremer, while Rydel was a pupil of Tarnowski. Kremer’s views on art, to some extent, shaped ...

The article discusses the research and editing work of Lucjan Rydel related to the Old Polish literature – the two-volume edition of Torquato Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata, translated by Piotr Kochanowski as Goffred albo ...

Two dramas by Lucjan Rydel Na marne (1895) and Z dobrego serca (1897) were created during the poet’s stay in Western Europe. These pieces are a testimony to changes in his worldview and attitude to life. He left in them ...

The article is focused on Lucjan Rydel as the author of Polish Bethlehem – a nativity play in which its author saw the most perfect form of folk theatre, a concept he himself keenly propagated. The central issue here is ...

Artistic activity at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries resulted not only in the development of literature and art, but also functional art and crafts, e.g. graphics and book decoration. Apart from artistic press, ...

Feliks Koneczny regarded Lucjan Rydel as a talented and hard-working writer. After the stage success of Zaczarowane koło (1899), he was convinced that the author could rival with Stanisław Wyspiański. In his broad review, ...