Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa
Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa (13 February 1705 - 23 May 1753) was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman, dramatist, writer and the first Polish woman playwright.
Born in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in the noble family of Janusz Antoni Wiśniowiecki, the Castellan of Kraków and married to the grand hetman Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł, she received a thorough education. She wrote numerous plays (at least 16) for her court theatre in Nieśwież. Many subjects and characters for her plays were taken from medieval dramas, ancient mythology, Arab and Persian humoresques and folklore.
Works of Urszula Franciszka Radziwiłł are an example of Eighteenth–century Polish Baroque culture as it transformed from medieval spectacles to the theatre of the new age.
Works
- "Sędzia, od rozumu odsadzony"
- "Miłość mistrzyni doskonała"
Further reading
- Celia Hawkesworth, A History of Central European Women's Writing, Palgrave Macmillan, 2001, ISBN 0-333-77809-X
- Jadwiga Sokolowska and Krystyna Zukowska, Franciszka Urszula Radziwillowa, Poeci polskiego baroku. Warsaw 1965, vol.2
- Judkowiak Barbara, Słowo inscenizowane. O Franciszce Urszuli Radziwiłłowej - poetce
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