Playwrights and their stage works 

Stanislaw Igancy Witkiewicz

Polish playwright, philosopher, painter and novelist. Born Warsaw 24 February, 1885; Died 18 September, 1939

Stage Works

  1. Maciej Korbowa i Bellatrix (Maciej Korbowa and Bellatrix). Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1918. Published 1962.

  2. Pragmatysci (The Pragmatists). Play, 3 acts. Written 1919. Published 1920. Produced Warsaw, Teatr Elsynor, Dec. 29, 1921.

  3. Tumor Mózgowicz (Tumor Brainiowicz). Drama, 3 acts with prologue. Written 1920. Published 1921. Produced Cracow, Teatr Slowackiego, June 30, 1921.

  4. Mister Price, czyli Bzik tropikalny (Mr. Price, or Tropical Madness). Small Drama, 3 acts. Written 1920 in collaboration with Eugenia Dunin-Borkowska. Published 1962. Produced Warsaw, Teatr Nowotci, July 2, 1926.

  5. Nowe Wyzwolenie (The New Deliverance). Drama, 1 act. Written 1920. Produced Zakopane, Towarzystwo Teatralne (amateur), Mar. 21, 1925. Produced Warsaw, Teatr Maly, May 28, 1926.

  6. Oni (They). Drama, 21/2 acts. Written 1920. Published 1962. Produced Wroclaw, Teatr Dramatyczny, Jan. 30, 1965.

  7. Panna Tutli-Putli (Miss Tootli-Pootli). Libretto to an operetta, 3 acts. Written 1920. Published 1974. Produced Warsaw, Ateneum, Dec. 25, 1975.

  8. W malym dworku (In a Small Country House). Play, 3 acts. Written 1921. Published 1948. Produced Toruri, Teatr Miejski, July 8, 1923.

  9. Niepodleglosó trojkgtow (The Independence of Triangles). Play, 4 acts. Written 1921. Published 1962.

  10. Metafizyka dwuglowego cielçcia (Metaphysics of a Two-headed Calf). Tropical-Australian play, 3 acts. Written 1921. Published 1962. Produced Poznarí, Teatr Nowy, Apr. 14, 1928.

  11. Gyubal Wahazar, czyli Na przelçczach Bersensu (Gyubal Wahazar, or Along the Cliffs of the Absurd). Non-Euclidian drama, 4 acts. Written 1921. Published 1962. Produced Poznaú, Teatr Polski, Sept. 10, 1966.

  12. Kurka wodna (The Water Hen). Spherical tragedy, 3 acts. Written 1921. Published 1962. Produced Cracow, Teatr Slowackiego, July 20, 1922.

  13. Bezimienne dzielo (The Anonymous Work). Rather nasty nightmare, 4 acts. Written 1921. Published 1962. Produced Cracow, Teatr Slowackiego, May 21, 1967.

  14. Mqtwa czyli Hyrkaniczny swiatopoglgd (The Cuttlefish, or The Hyrcanian Worldview). Play, 1 act. Written 1922. Published 1923. Produced Cracow, Teatr Cricot, Dec. 7, 1933.

  15. Nadobnisie i koczkodany, czyli zielona pigulka (Dainty Shapes and Hairy Apes, or The Green Pill). Comedy with corpses, 2 acts. Written 1922. Published 1962. Produced Warsaw, Studencki Teatr Studyjny (amateur), Mar. 8, 1967. Produced Cracow, Cricot II, 1973.

  16. Jan Maciej Karol Wscieklica (Jan Maciej Karol Hellcat). Drama with-out corpses, 3 acts. Written 1922. Published 1962. Produced Warsaw, Teatr Fredry, Feb. 25, 1925.

  17. Wariat i zakonnica, czyli Nie ma ztego, co by na jeszcze gorsze nie wyszlo (The Madman and the Nun, or There Is Nothing Bad Which Could Not Turn into Something Worse). Short Play, 3 acts. Written 1923. Published 1925. Produced Torun, Teatr Miejski, Apr. 26, 1924. Produced Warsaw, Teatr Maly, May 28, 1926.

  18. Szalona lokomotywa (The Crazy Locomotive). Play without a thesis, 2 acts and epilogue. Written 1923. Published 1962. Produced Cracow, Studencki Teatr 38, June 11, 1965.

  19. Janulka, córka Fizdejki (Janulka, Daughter of Fizdejko). Tragedy, 4 acts. Written 1923. Published 1962. Produced Wroclaw, Teatr Wspólczesny im. Edmunda Wiercinskiego, Sept. 6, 1974.

  20. Matka (The Mother). Unsavory play, 2 acts and epilogue. Written 1924. Published 1962. Produced Cracow, Teatr Stary, May 16, 1964.

  21. Sonata Belzebuba, czyli Prawdziwe zdarzenie w Mordowarze (The Beelzebub Sonata, or What Really Happened in Mordovar). Play, 3 acts. Written 1925. Published 1938. Produced Bialystok, Teatr A. Wggierki, Jan 27, 1966.

  22. Szewcy (The Shoemakers). Scientific play with songs, 3 acts. Writ-ten 1927–1934. Published 1948. Produced Sopot, Panstwowy Teatr Wybrzeie, Oct. 12, 1957.


Lost and fragmentary plays

  1. Nowa homeopatia zta (The New Homeopathy of Evil). Play in 3 acts. Written 1918(?). Fragment published 1972.

  2. Filozofowie i cierpiçtnicy, czyli Ladaczyni z Ekbatany (Philosophers and Martyrs, or The Harlot from Ecbatana). A Persian tragedy in 3 acts. Written 1920.

  3. Miçtosza, czyli w sidlach BEZTROSKI (Rumple, or In the Snares of NONCHALANCE). A comedy in 2 acts with an epilogue. Written 1920.

  4. Multiflakopulo (Multiflaccopulo). A horrible drama in 3 acts with a prologue. Written 1920.

  5. Pentemychos i jej niedoszly wychowanek (Pentemychos and Her Would-Be Protégé). A small tragedy with a prologue and an epilogue, in 3 acts. Written 1920.

  6. Straszliwy wychowawca (The Frightful Tutor). Play in 4 acts. Written 1920. First two acts published 1935. Produced Cracow, Teatr Bagatela, Mar. 22, 1935.

  7. Dobra ciocia Walpurgia (Kind-Hearted Auntie Walpurgia). A comedy
    in 2 acts with an epilogue. Written 1921.

  8. Persy Zwierigtkowskaja (Persy Bestialskaya). Play in 3 acts. Written 1924. Produced Lódz, Teatr Miejski, May 31, 1927.

  9. Chaizowe plemiç (The Tribe of Hais). Play. Written 1925(?).

  10. Zbyteczny czlowiek (A Superfluous Man). Play. Written 1925(?).

  11. Ponury bçkart Verminestone'u (The Baleful Bastard of Verminestone).
    Play. Written 1926.

  12. Wampir we flakonie, czyli zapach welonu (The Vampire in the Flask, or The Smell of the Bridal Veil). Play in 3 acts. Written 1926. Fragment published 1972.

  13. Póínowieczne sobowtóry (Belated Doppelgangers). Written 1923–1927.

  14. Koniec éwiata (The End of the World). Comedy in 3 acts. Written 1929, in collaboration with Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska.

  15. Dramat nie rozpoznany (Unidentified drama). Play in 3 acts. Written in the early 1930s. Act II and fragmens of Act I and II published 1972. Produced Warsaw, Teatr Maly, Jan. 28, 1978.
    16. Tak zwana ludzkosc w oblçdzie (So-called Humanity Gone Mad). Play in 3 acts. Written 1938. Fragment published 1972.

  16. Glqtwa. (Hangover).

Childhood plays

  1. Karaluchy (Cockroaches). Comedy in 1 act. Written 1893. Published 1893. Produced Wroclaw, Amateur Theatre Club Olawka, November, 1966. Produced Poznan, Theatre of Puppet and Actor Marcinek, Apr. 7, 1970.

  2. Komedie iycia rodzinnego (Comedies of Family Life). 4 short come-dies. Written 1893. Published 1965.

  3. Menageria, czyli wybryk slonia (Menagerie, or The Elephant's Escapades). Comedy in 5 acts. Written 1893. Published 1965. Produced Wroclaw, Amateur Theatre Club Olawka, November, 1966.

  4. Ksiçiniczka Magdalena, czyli natrçtny ksigiq (Princess Magdalena, or The Importunate Prince). Play in 2 parts. Written 1893. Written 1893. Published 1965. Produced Wroclaw, Amateur Theatre Club Olawka, November, 1966.

  5. Odwaina Ksiçiniczka (The Courageous Princess). Play in 4 acts. Writ-ten 1893. Published 1965. Produced Poznan, Theatre of Puppet and Actor Marcinek, Apr. 7, 1970.

  6. Biedny chtopiec (The Poor Boy). Play in 1 act. Written 1893. Published 1964. Produced Poznan, Theatre of Puppet and Actor Marcinek, Apr. 7, 1970.

Lost childhood plays

  1. Wojna (War). Written 1893.

  2. Klotnia o smród (Squabble over a Brat). Written 1893.


Criticism