Opening Night: 5 October 1999
Author: JJJ(G)
Title: New Bloomusalem
based on the XV episode of Ulysses by James Joyce translated by Maciej Słomczyński
Original Title: Nowe Bloomusalem
Director:
Jerzy Grzegorzewski

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 1 hour 35 min

New Bloomusalem

author of the script, director, set designer: Jerzy Grzegorzewski
music: Stanisław Radwan
lighting design: Mirosław Poznański

Cast:

Leopold Bloom Mariusz Benoit
Stephen Dedalus Mariusz Bonaszewski
Lynch Arkadiusz Janiczek
Rudolph / Virag Marek Walczewski (guest actor)
Mother Magdalena Warzecha
Bella-Bello Anna Chodakowska
Zoe Dorota Segda
Kitty Ewa Konstancja Bułhak
Flora Karolina Dryzner
Marion / Nymph Beata Fudalej
Mrs. Breen Gabriela Kownacka / Anna Chodakowska (from September 21, 2000)
Bawd / Mary Driscoll Wiesława Niemyska
Signor Maffei / Artifoni Olgierd Łukaszewicz / Jan Monczka (from September 21, 2000)
J.J. O'Molloy / Court Usher Jerzy Łapiński
Myles Crawford / Corny Kelleher Jacek Różański
Beaufoy / Cardinal / Edward VII Zdzisław Tobiasz (quest actor)
Policeman I Maciej Kozłowski
Policeman II Sławomir Federowicz
Hopsiup Holohan / Workman / Rebel Waldemar Kownacki (as a guest actor till January 4, 2000)
Soldier Carr Leszek Zduń
Soldier Compton Łukasz Lewandowski
Mademoiselle Sylwia Stępniak


instrumental ensemble under direction of Mirosław Jastrzębski
guitar, banjo: Tomasz Kania / Włodzimierz Kowzanowicz (understudy)
double bass: Piotr Rodowicz / Wojciech Pulcyn
violin: Justyna Grzegorczyk / Stanisław Tomanek / Maciej Przestrzelski (understudy)
drums: Wojciech Kowalewski / Monika Szulińska (understudy)
singing: Maria Mitrosz

Production team:

  • director's assistants: Wiesława Niemyska, Magdalena Siemieńczuk
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technician: Krzysztof Trzaskowski
  • sound techniciansRafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Ewa Dworecka
  • prompter: Jolanta Szydłowska

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