Opening Night: 28 September 2003
Author: Stanisław Wyspiański
Title: "Hamlet" by Stanisław Wyspiański
Original Title:
HamletStanisława Wyspiańskiego
Director:
Jerzy Grzegorzewski

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 1 hour 15 min

"Hamlet" by Stanisław Wyspiański

author of stage adaptation, director, set designer: Jerzy Grzegorzewski
costume design: Barbara Hanicka
music: Stanisław Radwan
lighting design: Mirosław Poznański

Fragments of William Shakespeare's dramas in translations by Józef Paszkowski and Stanisław Wyspiański

Awards and Nominations:

2004 – The Cyprian Kamil Norwid Award in theatre category to Jerzy Grzegorzewski for stage adaptation, direction and set design of „Hamlet” by Stanisław Wyspiański
2004 – nomination for the Warsaw Felix award in "the best supporting female role" category for Ewa Konstancja Bułhak-Rewak for the role of Wyspiański's Wife

Cast:

Wyspiański-Hamlet Wojciech Malajkat
Wyspiański's Wife Ewa Konstancja Bułhak-Rewak
Kazimierz Kamiński Igor Przegrodzki
Cracovian Ladies / Witches Wiesława Niemyska, Sylwia Nowiczewska / Beata Ścibakówna (from January 8, 2005), Magdalena Warzecha
Professors Marek Barbasiewicz, Mirosław Konarowski
Queen-Modrzejewska Anna Ułas
King-Macbeth Jan Englert
Ophelia-Courtesan Beata Fudalej
Ophelia-Ophelia Anna Gryszkówna (guest actress)
Horatio Józef Duriasz
Ghost Krzysztof Wakuliński
Rosencrantz / Guildenstern Grzegorz Małecki
Polonius Jacek Różański
Laertes Robert Jarociński
Osric / Actor Bartłomiej Bobrowski
Actors Sławomir Federowicz, Jerzy Łapiński
Isia ***

Production team:

  • vocal preparation: Mirosław Jastrzębski
    director's assistant: Piotr Wojewódzki
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Korneliusz Wieczorek
  • sound techniciansRafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Ewa Dworecka
  • prompter: Alina Wieczorkówna

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