Wincenty Rapacki
Wincenty Rapacki (22 January 1840, Lipno, Lipno County, Lipno - 12 January 1924, Warsaw) was a Polish actor and theatre director. Biography He lost his mother at an early age, and his father remarried. His step-family treated him poorly, so he spent much of his time away from home. This led to a fascination with travelling troupes, and his decision to become an actor. After leaving home, he finished his education in Płock then, when he was eighteen, enrolled at the drama school in Warsaw. Unable to find employment there, he went to Druskieniki where, in 1861, he made his début in ''Stare dzieje'' (Old History), a comedy by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Józef Kraszewski. The 1864/65 season found him in Lwów, and from 1865 to 1870 he was in Kraków. He became a voracious reader, and developed friendships among the intellectuals there, including Kraszewski, Alexander Fredro, Michał Bałucki, Karol Estreicher (senior), Karol Estreicher, and Jan Matejko, who painted his portrait. ...
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