Karol Wojtyla was always fascinated by the theater, and wrote, directed and acted in a number of plays while still living in Cracow, Poland, as a young man, and later priest.
Best known are Hiob (Job) written in 1940, Brat naszego Boga (Brother of our God) in 1949, Przed sklepem jubilera (The jeweler's shop) in 1960 , and Promieniowanie ojcostwa (Radiance of Fatherhood) in 1964.
The plays are regularly performed in Poland and abroad, and some of them were later turned into movies, for example by Krzysztof Zanussi who made Brother of our God in 1997. The story is about polish nobleman and painter Albert Chmielowski, who one day is struck by the misery of the poor and changes his life to serve them.
Jeweler's shop, a book written in 1960, has sold over 50 million copies. It is a tale about a couple in love who buy their wedding rings in a jeweler's shop in Cracow. Their lives separate but they are united years later through the jeweler, a metaphor for God.
Lech Majewski, Brat naszego Boga
