Polish Premiere: 21 December 2002
Author: Wystan Hugh Auden
Title: The Sea and the Mirror: A Commentary on Shakespeare's "The Tempest"
Original Title: The Sea and the Mirror: A Commentary on Shakespeare's "The Tempest"
Translator: Stanisław Barańczak
Director:
Jerzy Grzegorzewski

Auditorium: Wierzbowa Street Hall
Running time: 1 hour 40 min, one interval

The Sea and the Mirror

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

Awards and Nominations:

2003 – The Konrad Swinarski Award for the best theatre director to Jerzy Grzegorzewski for direction of The Sea and the Mirror
2003 – The Aleksander Zelwerowicz Award for the best actor to Jerzy Grzegorzewski for the role of Caliban
2003 – The Special Award of the Competition for the Best Staging of William Shakespeare Dramatic Works (season 2002/2003)  

Cast:

Prospero Jerzy Trela (guest actor)
Ariel Beata Fudalej
Caliban Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Stage Manager Krzysztof Wakuliński
Miranda Anna Ułas
Ferdinand Bartłomiej Bobrowski
Antonio Paweł Tołwiński
Stephano Jacek Jarosz (guest actor)
Gonzalo Igor Przegrodzki
Alonso Jacek Różański
Adrian Leszk Zduń
Francisco Sławomir Federowicz
Sebastian Jerzy Łapiński
Trinculo Grzegorz Małecki

instrumental ensemble under the direction of Mirosław Jastrzębski
saxophone: Michał Kulenty / Mariusz „Fazi” Mielczarek (understudy)  
double bass: Roman Ziobro / Maciej Szczyciński (understudy)            
accordion: Adrian Świnoga / Robert Kuśmierski (understudy)         

Production team:

  • director's assistants: Wiesława Niemyska, Piotr Wojewódzki
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Korneliusz Wieczorek
  • sound technicians: Maciej Rybicki, Marek Wojtulanis
  • stage manager: Ewa Dworecka
  • prompter: Alina Wieczorkówna

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