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The political comedy The Return of the Deputy (1790), by Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz--Polish poet, playwright, statesman, and comrade-in-arms of Tadeusz Kosciuszko--was written in about two weeks' time while Niemcewicz was serving as a deputy to the historic Four-Year Sejm of 1788-92. The comedy's premiere in January 1791 was an enormous success, sparking widespread debate, royal communiques,

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