| The Revenge | |
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| Written by | Aleksander Fredro |
| Date premiered | 1834 |
| Place premiered | Lviv |
| Original language | Polish |
| Genre | comedy |
| Setting | Odrzykoń, Poland |
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The Revenge (Polish: Zemsta) is a Polish comedy by Aleksander Fredro, a Polish poet, playwright and author active during Polish Romanticism in the period of partitions. Zemsta belongs to the canon of Polish literature.[1] It is a play in four acts, written in the octosyllabic verse mostly in the vernacular of Lesser Poland (Małopolska); filled with proverbs and paraphrased allusions.[2]
- ^ Halina Floryńska-Lalewicz (May 2004). "Aleksander Fredro - życie i twórczość (Life and Work)" (in Polish). Olsztyńskie Towarzystwo Inicjatyw Kulturalnych - Kulturalna Polska. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ Halina Floryńska-Lalewicz (May 2004). "Aleksander Fredro. Zemsta - opracowanie (construction of Zemsta)" (in Polish). Olsztyńskie Towarzystwo Inicjatyw Kulturalnych - Kulturalna Polska. Retrieved December 9, 2012.