Polish Premiere: 23 April 2005
Author: Nick Dear
Title Power
Original Title: Power
Translator: Elżbieta Woźniak
Director: Jan Englert

Auditorium: Wierzbowa Street Hall
Running time: 3 hours, one interval

Power

director: Jan Englert
set design: Dorota Kołodyńska
stage movement: Leszek Bzdyl
musical arrangements: Piotr Kamiński
lighting design: Mirosław Poznański
engravings: Piotr Jaworowski

The performance contains fragments of works by the following composers: Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Michel-Richard Delalande, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marin Marais.

Cast:

Anne of Austria Anna Chodakowska
Louis XIV Piotr Adamczyk (guest actor)
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans Przemysław Stippa
Henriette d'Angleterre Anna Gryszkówna
Jean-Baptiste Colbert Jarosław Gajewski
Nicolas Fouquet Janusz Gajos
Louise de la Valliere Karolina Gruszka
dancers Arkadiusz Kucharski, Tomasz Pałasz, Roman Piętakiewicz, Grzegorz Staniek, Tomasz Tworkowski, Michał Zawadka / Bartosz Figurski (unterstudy)

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Piotr Wojewódzki
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technician: Korneliusz Wieczorek
  • sound technicians: Maciej Rybicki, Marek Wojtulanis
  • stage manager: Adam Borkowski
  • prompter: Alina Wieczorkówna

Gallery:

Anna Chodakowska (Anne), Przemysław Stippa (Philippe). Phot. Michał Mrowiec

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