Commedia dell'Arte: The main characters are:.Who cares the young fool's in love with Klara! Child Marriage Veto / Parental Marriage Veto: Rejent tries to set Wacław off with Podstolina, for no other reason than to spite Cześnik.Dyndalski (actual servant of the Cześnik) to a lesser degree (see: Love Letter and Repeat After Me below) Bumbling Sidekick: Papkin plays this role for Cześnik, as long as he's not following his own goals.Butt-Monkey: Papkin, who loses what dignity he had.Klara seems to think crocodiles are venomous (unless she's exaggerating for effect). Artistic License – Biology: in-universe.She, trying her best not to giggle, deals by sending the guy on a comical Snipe Hunt.
To be fair, he asked for it… Also, Papkin thinks Klara loves him, as he's clearly such a stud.
Matters are stirred by the visit of Podstolina (wife, or, in this case, widow of Podstoli – another court title) Hanna whose (financial) assets attract Cześnik's attention, and by Rejent's attempt to mend the dividing wall. In a vein of Commedia dell'Arte, it has two young lovebirds - Wacław and Klara - and a host of obstacles to their being together, including Wacław's miser father, Rejent (a court official) Milczek and Klara's guardian Cześnik (a cupbearer) Maciej Raptusiewicz, who have an ongoing feud over the castle in which they both live and the wall that divides it.
It's (supposedly) Based on a True Story - Fredro found a manuscript upon moving into his newly aquired castle, in which the story of its previous owners was told. Zemsta translation The Revenge is a witty Comedy by count and a prolific comedy writer Aleksander Fredro, first published in 1838.
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