Building of the Grand Theatre, woodcut

Jan Suchorzewski

Jan Matejko

Salon of Helena Modjeska in Kraków.

Aneta Maj

Salon of Helena Modjeska in Kraków.

Aneta Maj

Teatralny Square after the outbreak of World War II

"Historya o chwalebnym Zmartwychwstaniu Pańskim" / "The History of the Lord’s Glorious Resurrection" by Mikołaj of Wilkowiecko, director: Kazimierz Dejmek

Franciszek Myszkowski

"Iphigenia in Tauris" by Johann W. Goethe, directed by Erwin Axer, stage sets and costumes Otto Axer. Zofia Mrozowska (Iphigenia)

Edward Hartwig

Stanisław Witkiewicz with his son Stanisław I. Witkiewicz (Witkacy).

View on Krasiński Square 1827-1828

Fryderyk Dietrich

The Variety Theatre rebuilt after fire

Auditorium of the Grand Theatre

Audience in the Variety Theatre

Henryk Pillati

View on public theatre on Krasiński Square, Warsaw

Zygmunt Vogel

Fire of the Variety Theatre

"Dziady" / "Forefathers' Eve" by Mickiewicz, director: Kazimierz Dejmek

Franciszek Myszkowski

"Dziady" / "Forefathers' Eve" by Mickiewicz, director: Kazimierz Dejmek

Franciszek Myszkowski

“Country House”

Aleksander Wasilewicz

"Love in the Crimea" by Stanisław Mrożek, directed by Erwin Axer, stage design Ewa Starowieyska, from the left: Adam Ferency (Wolf), Danuta Szaflarska (Batiuszkowa), Marta Lipińska (Czelcowa), Krzysztof Wakuliński (Sjejkin), Zbigniew Zapasiewicz (Zachedrynski), Olga Sawicka (Lili Swietłowa), Ewa Gawryluk (Tatiana Borodina)

Andrzej Piotrowski

"Dziady" / "Forefathers' Eve" by Mickiewicz, director: Kazimierz Dejmek

Franciszek Myszkowski

"Irydion" dir. by Arnold Szyfman

"Dziady" / "Forefathers' Eve" by Mickiewicz, director: Kazimierz Dejmek

Franciszek Myszkowski

Helena Modjeska as Ophelia (Hamlet, William Shakespeare).

Walery Rzewuski

The new building of Cricoteka in Krakow, photo by Maciej Jeżyk

Maciej Jeżyk

“Wielopole, Wielopole”

Marek Norek

"Tango" by Sławomir Mrożek, directed by Erwin Axer, stage design Ewa Starowieyska, from the left: Tadeusz Fijewski (Uncle Eugeniusz), Mieczysław Czechowicz (Edek)

Edward Hartwig

"Semiramide" by Maciej Wojtyszko, directed by Erwin Axer, stage design Ewa Starowieyska. Jonnna Szczepkowska (Tsarina Catherine II)

Andrzej Piotrowski

Helena Modjeska as Barbara Radziwiłł (Barbara Radziwiłł, Alojzy Feliński).

Walery Rzewuski

"Balladyna" by Słowacki, director: Adam Hanuszkiewicz

Renard Dudley

"Kordian" dir. by Adam Hanuszkiewicz

Franciszek Myszkowski

"The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Erwin Axer, stage design Ewa Starowieyska, Konrad Swinarski, crowd scene. In the middle: Edward Dziewoński (Giuseppe Givola),Tadeusz Łomnicki (Arturo Ui), Aleksander Bardini (Emanuele Giri)

Edward Hartwig

Stanisław Witkiewicz, Antoni Sygietyński, Aleksander Gierymski in the studio.

Jan Mieczkowski

"The Seagull" by Chekhov, director: Agnieszka Glińska

Robert Jaworski

"Tango" by Sławomir Mrożek, directed by Erwin Axer, stage design Ewa Starowieyska. Mieczysław Michnikowski (Arthur)

Edward Hartwig

"The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, directed by Erwin Axer, composition of the space Jan Kosiński, from the left: Jerzy Duszyński (Jim), Irena Horecka (Amanda), Janusz Jaron (Tom Windgfield), Zofia Mrozowska (Laura)

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The Summer Theatre, woodcut

Henryk Pillati

"Dziady" / "Forefathers' Eve" by Mickiewicz, director: Kazimierz Dejmek

Franciszek Myszkowski

"Dziady" / "Forefathers' Eve" by Mickiewicz, director: Kazimierz Dejmek

Franciszek Myszkowski

Stary Teatr

"Śluby Panieńskie" dir. by Stanisław Łapiński

Interior of the National Theatre on Krasiński Square, oil on canvas

Erwin Axer during the rehearsal at the Contemporary Theatre, the sixties.

Edward Hartwig

Stary Teatr in Kraków.

"Stanisław Wyspiański's Hamlet", director and stage designer: Jerzy Grzegorzewski

Michał Mrowiec

„Interior" by Maurice Maeterlinck. The City Theatre, Cracow

Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907)

"The Histrionic" by Thomas Bernhard, directed by Erwin Axer, stage design Ewa Starowieyska, from the left: Tadeusz Łomnicki (Bruscon), Krzysztof Kowalewski (Owner of the Black Hart inn)

Andrzej Krynicki

Box office on the day of Ms. Modjeska's performance. Caricature.

Franciszek Kostrzewski

"Amphitryon 38" by Jean Giraudoux, directed by Erwin Axer, stage sets and costumes Władysław Daszewski, from the left: Danuta Szaflarska (Alkmena), Jacek Woszczerowicz (Mercury), Jerzy Duszyński (Amphitryon), Adam Mikołajewski (Jupiter)

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"Les ganaches" by Sardou, director: Kazimierz Kamiński

"Major Barbara" by George B. Shaw, directed by Erwin Axer, stage sets Jan Rybkowski, crowd scene

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“Wielopole, Wielopole”

Leszek Dziedzic

"The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Erwin Axer, stage design Ewa Starowieyska, Konrad Swinarski, crowd scene. In the middle: Edward Dziewoński (Giuseppe Givola), Barbara Wrzesińska (Dockdaisy),Tadeusz Łomnicki (Arturo Ui), )

Edward Hartwig

"The first day of freedom" by Leon Kruczkowski, directed by Erwin Axer, stage sets and costumes Wojciech Krakowski. Zbigniew Zapasiewicz (Charles)

Edward Hartwig

"Three Sisters" by Anton Chekhov , directed by Erwin Axer, stage sets and costumes Ewa Starowieyska. Halina Mikołajewska (Olga)

Edward Hartwig

„Red Magic” by Michel de Ghelderode. The Dramatic Theatre, Warsaw

Franciszek Starowieyski (1930–2009)

"The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Erwin Axer, stage design Ewa Starowieyska, Konrad Swinarski, in the middle Tadeusz Łomnicki (Arturo Ui)

Edward Hartwig

"House of Cards" by Emil Zegadłowicz, directed by Erwin Axer, stage design Mikołaj Portus, crowd scene. In the middle from the left: Andrzej Łapicki (District Administrator), Danuta Szaflarska (Kiti).

Edward Hartwig

Erwin Axer and Jerzy Lutowski during the rehearsal to "The Emergency Ward" by Jerzy Lutowski at the National Theatre

Edward Hartwig, Franciszek Myszkowski

"Legion" by Wyspiański, director: Emil Chaberski

Maciej Englert during the rehearsal at the Contemporary Theatre, the eighties

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"The Sea and the Mirror" by Auden, director and stage designer: Jerzy Grzegorzewski

Wojciech Plewiński

"Marie Tudor" by Hugo, director: Władysław Krasnowiecki

Franciszek Myszkowski

"The Marriage" by Gombrowicz, director: Jerzy Grzegorzewski

Wojciech Plewiński

„The Wedding” by Stanisław Wyspiański. The Powszechny Theatre, Warsaw

Jan Młodożeniec (1929–2000)

"Biedermann and the Arsonists" by Max Frisch, directed by Erwin Axer, stage sets and costumes Otto Axer. Andrzej Łapicki (Eisenring)

Edward Hartwig

Exiting the theater on a misty winter evening.

"The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Erwin Axer, stage design Ewa Starowieyska, Konrad Swinarski, in the middle Tadeusz Łomnicki (Arturo Ui)

Edward Hartwig

„The Funny Old Man” by Tadeusz Różewicz. The Dramatic Theatre, Warsaw

Franciszek Starowieyski (1930–2009)

“The Return of Odysseus”

Zbigniew Brzozowski

"The Wedding" by Wyspiański, director and stage designer: Jerzy Grzegorzewski

Wojciech Plewiński

"Androcles and the Lion" by George B. Shaw, directed by Erwin Axer, stage design Ewa Starowieyska. Mieczyław Czechowicz (Ferrovius)

Edward Hartwig