The Revenge (Fredro play)

The Revenge
First edition, 1838
Written byAleksander Fredro
Date premiered1834
Place premieredLviv
Original languagePolish
Genrecomedy
SettingOdrzykoń, Poland

The Revenge (Polish: Zemsta) is a Polish comedy by Aleksander Fredro, a Polish poet, playwright and author active during Polish Romanticism in the period of partitions. Zemsta belongs to the canon of Polish literature. It is a play in four acts, written in the octosyllabic verse mostly in the vernacular of Lesser Poland (Małopolska); filled with proverbs and paraphrased allusions.