1. ” THE REVENGE” Aleksander Fredro

2. ” The Revenge” – one of the most popular comedies by Aleksander Fredro. - Published in 1838 in Lvov.

3. A manuscript of The Revenge by Aleksander Fredro

4. What inspired Fredro to write ”The Revenge”?

5. Documents found in the castle of Odrzykoń They described the story of two quarrelling co-owners of the castle – Piotr Firlej and Jan Skotnicki Their long lasting quarrel ended only when Firlej’s son married Skotnicki’s daughter

7. Only in the second version of the play do we find well-know names and the plot is transferred several decades earliner,

8. ” The Revenge” is about Cześnik and Rejent who live in the same castle. They are constantly at variance, they try to take revenge on each other, thus the title.

9. Main characters

16. Production: Sonia Olechnowicz and Karolina Dziuba Music by Wojciech Kilar from the movie „Zemsta” Sources: pl.wikipedia.org www.google.pl www.archiwa.gov.pl www.filmweb.pl