“The Emperor” has also been staged many times. Theatrical adaptations (premieres):

• 24.11.1978 Stefan Jaracz Theatre, Łódź, directed by Jerzy Hutek • 04.1979 Small Stage of the Powszechny Theatre, Warsaw, directed by Jerzy Hutek • 15.01.1981 J. Szaniawski Drama Theatre, Wałbrzych, directed by Kazimierz Tałaj • 1981 “Format” Stage, Kraków, directed by J. Kopczewski • 1981 Szaniawski Drama Theatre, Płock • 1983 Adekwatny Theatre, Warsaw, directed by J. Wócik, monodrama by Magda Teresa Wójcik • 27.10.1987 Studio Theatre, Warsaw — Polish version of the London production • 11.03.1987 The Royal Court Theatre, London. Directed by Jonathan Miller and Michael Hastings • 02.02.1981 TVP Television Theatre, Studio of Facts and Sensations, directed by Jerzy Hutek • 14.04.2002 Adekwatny Theatre, Warsaw, directed by Magda Teresa Wójcik, monodrama by Jolanta Olszewska • 1980 Polish Radio Theatre, adaptation by E. Marcinkowska • 1995 opera version, Opera Festival, Palatsi (Finland), performed by Soronlinna • 2002 Drama Theatre in Warsaw. Directed by Magda Teresa Wójcik, performed by Jolanta Olszewska

List of reviews of theatrical productions:

• 1978 Kultura no. 3 p. 11 Review Łódź Teresa Krzemień. • 1978 Merkuriusz no. 3 p. 20 Review Łódź Joanna Sikorzanka. • 1978 Filipinka no. 9 p. 14 Review Łódź Zuzanna Jastrzębska. • 1978 Polityka no. 48 p. 3 “The Emperor” at the Jaracz Theatre. Review Łódź Marta Wesołowska. • 1978 Odgłosy no. 51 p. 14 Epitaph for the Emperor. Review Łódź Jerzy Panasewicz. • 1978 Dziennik Polski no. 92 p. 4 Review Łódź Jerzy Pleśniarowicz. • 1978 Gazeta Popołudniowa no. 100 p. 5 Review Łódź Jerzy Bober. • 1978 Głos Robotniczy no. 271 p. 3 Review Łódź Henryk Pawlak. • 1978 Dziennik Popularny no. 272 p. 6 Review Łódź Jerzy Bąbol. • 1979 Kultura no. 3 p. 11 “The Emperor” at the Jaracz Theatre. Review Teresa Krzemień. • 1979 Fakty no. 17 p. 10 “The Emperor” at the Jaracz Theatre. Review Starczak-Kozłowska. • 1979 Fakty no. 17 Review Łódź Krystyna Strczak. • 1979 Sztandar Młodych no. 98 The Kitchen Truth about the Emperor. Review H. Sztofisz. • 1979 Kurier Polski no. 94 Kapuściński’s “Emperor” at the Powszechny. Review Warsaw. • 1980 Literatura no. 43 p. 13 “The Emperor” at the Jaracz Theatre. Review Łódź, Warsaw Jan Kłossowicz. • 1981 Trybuna Wałbrzyska no. 5 p. 6 Review Wałbrzych Jarosław Haak. • 1981 Scena no. 5 p. 39 Review Wałbrzych. • 1981 Teatr no. 12 p. 19 Review Kraków, Wałbrzych. • 1981 Słowo Polskie no. 25 p. 4 Review Wałbrzych Bogdan Bąk. • 1981 Gazeta Krakowska no. 69 p. 3 Review Kraków Maciej Szybist. • 1983 Na przełaj no. 1 The English “Emperor” in Warsaw. Review Warsaw A. Krajewska. • 1983 Słowo Powszechne no. 59 p. 5 Review Warsaw Józef Szczawiński.

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