Teatralne boyowanie (1). Miejsce francuskiej farsy w polskim teatrze międzywojennym z perspektywy recenzenta — Tadeusza Żeleńskiego (Boya)

This article, the first in the series, is devoted to the work of Żeleński-Boy as a theater critic. In his witty feature articles Boy discussed theatrical performances, sharing with the audience his view on the quality of the theatre programme, way of adapting literary texts, actors’ skills of creating a stage role. The article presents the views of Boy on shaping the repertoire of Polish theaters of the interwar period, especially with regard to the French farce and comedy. On their basis Boy demonstrated diversity of tradition of Polish and French theater and explained the impact of historical conditions on the differences in the treatment of stage entertainment.