The extraordinary career and impressive literary output of the
'Father' of Polish comedy, Aleksander Fredro, are the subject of
much celebration in Poland in 1993, the bicentenary of his birth.
These new translations by Noel Clark of three of Fredro's best
known plays should do much to repair the relative ignorance of his
works in this country. Virgins' Vows - generally regarded as
Fredro's most accomplished comedy - and The Annuity, both reflect
the author's awareness of the disadvantages suffered by young women
in a male-dominated society. Revenge is a seemingly innocent social
comedy about a property dispute, but the Russian censors of his day
were not slow to spot the subversive potential of the play. Noel
Clark's translations of Revenge and Virgins' Vow's have been
broadcast, to much acclaim, by the BBC World Service.
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