Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theater in Kraków

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The Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theater in Kraków (Polish: Narodowy Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej), firstly opened in 1781, is one of the oldest public stages in Poland and a national institution of culture. It was named after renowned Shakespearean actress Helena Modrzejewska.HistoryThe initiators of the Theatre were a member of parliament Feliks Oraczewski and actor Mateusz Witkowski. On 17 October 1781 the city authorities gave Witkowski permission to perform comedy under the condition that he pay fifty Polish zloty on a monthly basis to the municipal treasury. In 1798 starosta of Brzeg Jacek Kluszewski, who took over the theater, converted two of his own buildings on the corner of Szczepański Square and Jagiellonian Street into a theater house. In this very place the Theater exists until today.