The story of the Glorious Resurrection from the four holy Evangelists collected with poems written down by Father Mikołaj from Wilkowiecko, a Częstochowa monk
– this is the content of the title page of the sixteenth-century mystery play, prepared by the Lubuski Theater in Zielona Góra.
For many years, Mikołaj of Wilkowiecko held the responsible function of a preacher in the Pauline Monastery on Skałka. In the years 1568-1575 he stayed in Italy, where his writing interests developed […]. Transferred to Jasna Góra, he became a lecturer in biblical studies, the prior of the Jasna Góra monastery, then the provincial of the Polish Pauline Fathers. He died in the monastery in Wieluń on August 15, 1601.
The Story of the Glorious Resurrection, written around 1582, illustrates the importance of the Resurrection to people. The victory over death, through the victory of Christ, gives meaning and new value to earthly life as well.
The performance in Zielona Góra has also been enriched with fragments of other Old Polish dramas that make up the mystery of the Holy Week.
The traditional form of medieval mansions was transposed by the stage designer, Elżbieta Oyrzanowska, into an altar triptych.
Creators:
Author: Mikołaj from Wilkowiecko
Developed and directed by: Bohdan Radkowski
Scenography: Elżbieta Oyrzanowska
Music: Kazimierz Radkowski
Music arrangement: Wiktor Sędziński
Cast:
Elizabeth Donimirska
Margaret King
Wioletta Sokal
Beata Sobicka
Dobroslaw Trębacz
Kazimierz Bajurski
George Lamenta
Janusz Młyński
Louis Schiller
Wiktor Sędziński
Waldemar Trębacz
Jan Wysocki
Premiere: April 17, 1993
Photos: Waldemar Szmidt
