Opening Night: 30 June 2005
Authors: Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill
Title: Happy End
Original Title: Happy End
Music: Kurt Weill
Songs' Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht 
Libretto: Dorothy Lane
Translators of Songs: Agnieszka Osiecka, Andrzej Jarecki
Translators of Libretto: Marjorie Hayes, Krzysztof Kopka
Director: Tadeusz Bradecki

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 2 hours 45 min, two intervals

Happy End

director: Tadeusz Bradecki
set design: Jagna Janicka
musical director: Mirosław Jastrzębski
choreography: Jacek Badurek
lighting design: Mirosław Poznański
vocal preparation: Aldona Krasucka
sound director: Andrzej Rewak

Cast:

The Gang

Bill Cracker Grzegorz Małecki
Sam "Mammy" Wurlitzer Arkadiusz Janiczek
Dr. Nakamura ("The Governor") Emilian Kamiński
Jimmy Dexter ("The Reverend") Paweł Tołwiński / Jan Monczka (understudy)
Bob Marker ("The Professor") Andrzej Blumenfeld
Johnny Flint ("Baby Face") Leszek Zduń
Lady in Grey ("The Fly") Monika Dryl / Kinga Ilgner (understudy)
Miriam Bożena Stachura

The Salvation Army

Major Stone Wiesława Niemyska
Captain Hannibal Jackson Modest Ruciński / Marcin Przybylski (understudy)
Lieutenant Lilian Holiday ("Hallelujah Lil") Katarzyna Kurylońska (guest actress) / Aneta Todorczuk-Perchuć (understudy)
Sister Mary Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń
Sister Jane Ewa Konstancja Bułhak
Brother Ben Owens Jerzy Łapiński

and

Cop Marek Barbasiewicz / Jacek Różański (understudy)
Faithfuls 
Jacek Jarosz (guest actor)
Katarzyna Taracińska-Badura / Dorota Rubin (understudy; guest actress)
Robert T. Majewski
Jan Monczka / Paweł Tołwiński (understudy)

a music band under direction of Mirosław Jastrzębski

alto saxophone Bronisław Zawaliński / Mariusz Mielcarek (understudy)
tenor saxophone Michał Kulenty / Michał Sobiera (understudy)
trumpet I Robert Majewski / Robert Murakowski
trumpet II Łukasz Korybalski, Maciej Piwkowski
trombone Piotr Wróbel / Dariusz Plichta (understudy)
drums Wojciech Kowalewski / Rafał Klimczuk (understudy)
banjo / guitar / Hawaiian guitar Jacek Wąsowski / Marek Walawender (understudy)
bandoneon Dariusz Świnoga / Grzegorz Toporowski (understudy)
piano Aldona Krasucka / Miłosława Brzezińska (understudy)

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Leszek Zduń
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Korneliusz Wieczorek
  • sound techniciansRafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
  • prompter: Alina Wieczorkówna

Gallery:

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  • FAUST

    Faust is a story based on an ancient legend of a scholar who yearns so much for just a moment of happiness that he makes a pact with the devil. 

  • FEBLIK

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  • A DREAM PLAY

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  • KING LEAR

    The King of Britain divides his kingdom between his three daughters to free himself from worries and hardships. However, before the decision he poses a question: which of you loves me the most?

  • WAITING FOR GODOT

    "What do we do now? Wait. [...] We're waiting for Godot". Piotr Cieplak directs Waiting for Godot by Beckett. Is this a classic yet? Does it still have its avant-garde power? And, are we still waiting?

  • FREDRO: THE JUBILEE YEAR

    Do you know Fredro? Not necessarily... To celebrate 230 years since Aleksander Fredro's birth, the National Theatre invites you to an evening dedicated to the life and works of Poland’s greatest comedy writer. 

  • TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS

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  • Solidarity with Ukraine | Солідарні з Україною

    The ensemble of the National Theatre stands in solidarity with the Ukrainians who are fighting for the independence of their homeland.

  • The National Theatre at Google Cultural Institute

    The virtual exhibition 250 Years of Teatr Narodowy (the National Theatre of Poland) is available online at Google Cultural Institute.

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