Opening Night of the New Version: 11 November 2000 (Opening Night: 19 November 1997)
Author: Stanisław Wyspiański
Title: The November Night. Dramatic scenes
Original Title:
Noc listopadowa. Sceny dramatyczne
Director:
Jerzy Grzegorzewski

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 2 hours

The November Night. Dramatic Scenes (new version)

author of stage adaptation, director: Jerzy Grzegorzewski
set design: Andrzej Kreutz Majewski
music: Stanisław Radwan
lighting design: Mirosław Poznański
musical director: Mirosław Jastrzębski

Cast:

Muse / Pallas Athena Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska
Nike of the Bonaparte Family Anna Chodakowska
Nike from Thermopylae Beata Ścibakówna
Nike from Salamis Kinga Ilgner
Nike from Marathon Anna Staszak (guest actor)
Nike from Chaeronea Wiesława Niemyska
Nike from Troy Katarzyna Romańczuk (guest actor)
Piotr Wysocki, Second Lieutenant of the Cadet School Mariusz Bonaszewski / Artur Żmijewski (understudy)
Cadets / Conspirators Bartłomiej Bobrowski (guest actor), Ireneusz Dydliński (guest actor), Marcin Kocela (guest actor), Tomasz Zięcik (guest actor)
Grand Duke Konstantin / Ares Mariusz Benoit
Joanna, Grand’s Duke wife Maja Ostaszewska
Kuruta, Grand’s Duke aide-de-camp Jan Monczka
Gendre, Grand’s Duke henchman Andrzej Blumenfeld
Makrot, the spy Paweł Tołwiński
Service officer Mirosław Kowalczyk (guest actor)
Seweryn Goszczyński Mirosław Konarowski
Ludwik Nabielak Piotr Jankowski
Demeter Eugenia Herman (guest actor)
Kore (Persephone) Magdalena Warzecha
Lubowidzki, the head of the municipal police Marek Barbasiewicz
Frieze, Grand’s Duke butler Czesław Lasota
General Stanisław Potocki Waldemar Kownacki
Keres Katarzyna Romańczuk (guest actor), Anna Staszak (guest actor), Sylwia Stępniak (guest actor), Ewa Szawłowska (guest actor), Anna Ułas (guest actor)
Director Ryszard Barycz (guest actor)
Satyr I Łukasz Lewandowski
Satyr II Grzegorz Małecki
Satyr III Leszek Zduń
Actress / Margaret Ewa Konstancja Bułhak
Actor Jerzy Łapiński
Actress / Venus-Helene / Pandora Sylwia Nowiczewska
Kudlicz-Mephisto Igor Przegrodzki
Actor / Faust Jacek Różański
General Józef Chłopicki Jan Englert
Officer Dąbrowski Maciej Kozłowski
Hermes Sławomir Federowicz
Czechowski Andrzej Dąbrowski (guest actor)
Young Gendre Arkadiusz Janiczek
Zaliwski Maciej Wojdyła
Prince Adam Czartoryski Zdzisław Tobiasz (guest actor)
General Wincenty Krasiński Krzysztof Kolberger
Walerian Łukasiński Józef Duriasz
Muse Sylwia Stępniak (guest actor)

harpsichord Mirosław Jastrzębski
drums Monika Szulińska, Wojciech Kowalewski / Rafał Klimczuk (from November 22, 2000)

Production team:

  • director's assistants: Wiesława Niemyska, Magdalena Kłaczyńska (TA), Mariusz Bieliński (TA), Piotr Wojewódzki
  • set designer's assistants: Maria Janicka-Janda, Agnieszka Domaniecka, Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Korneliusz Wieczorek
  • sound techniciansRafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
  • prompter: Jolanta Szydłowska

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