Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz
| Polish: Teatr Polski im. Hieronima Konieczki | |
Logo of The Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz
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View from Adam Mickiewicz Alley
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Location in Bydgoszcz
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| Full name | "Hieronim Konieczka" Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz |
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| Address | Adam Mickiewicz Alley N°2 |
| Location | Bydgoszcz |
| Owner | City of Bydgoszcz |
| Type | Theatre |
| Genre(s) | Theatre |
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| Broke ground | 1948 |
| Built | 1949 |
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The Polish theatre or Polish: Polski Teatr of Bydgoszcz has been established in 1949, at Adam Mickiewicz Alley N°2, in downtown district. It is the outcome of a long and rich tradition of plays and performance in the city.
The Polish theater building is located on a main thoroughfare of Bydgoszcz, a hundred metres from Gdańska Street, the main downtown axis. Its surroundings include:
The first staging activity in Bydgoszcz occurred in 1623 when Jesuit school students acted (singing and dialogues) to welcome King Sigismund III Vasa to the city, on his way to Gdansk. The same event happened in 1643 for the bishop of Chelmno Kasper Działyńsk. In 1648, at the occasion of the end of the Lent and also in 1649, a pastoral play was performed by a Jesuit scene and in 1680 a play relating the martyrdom of St. Stanislaus of Szczepanów was realized. In the following years, occasional theater performances happened, celebrating school year, Corpus Christi, Christmas etc. In 1696, was held a stage event prepared in honor of Jan Komorowski, founder of a new school building in Bydgoszcz. Jesuit Theatre was even run during the Great Northern War (1700-1721), culminating with the performance in honor of King Stanisław Leszczyński in 1734.
The transition to Prussian rule coincided exactly with Pope Clement XIV's decision to suppress the Society of Jesus. However Frederick the Great allowed them to continue to reside in the building college and lead a school. Performances were still held by students, but on a more modest scale. Besides, between 1773 and 1806, German professional theatre troupes started to tour:
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