Opening Night: 9 April 1999
Author: Heinrich von Kleist
Title: On the Puppet Theatre
Original Title: Über das Marionettentheater
Translator: Ryszard Ziobro
Director:
Henryk Tomaszewski

Auditorium: Wierzbowa Street Hall
Running time: 1 hour

On the Puppet Theatre

author of the script, director, choreographer: Henryk Tomaszewski
set design: Kazimierz Wiśniak
music: Zbigniew Karnecki

Awards:

1999 – The Konrad Swinarski Award for the best theatre director to Henryk Tomaszewski for direction of The Puppet Treaty and for his lifetime achievement   

Cast:

Mr C. Krzysztof Wakuliński
Mr K. Łukasz Lewandowski
Monkey Aleksander Sobiszewski (guest actor) / Mariusz Sikorski (guest actor / understudy)
Count Andrzej Byś (guest actor) / Jacek Jarosz (from September 19, 2002; guest actor)
Count's Sons Mariusz Krzemiński (guest actor) / Waldemar Błaszczyk (from November 13, 1999; guest actor), Janusz Szygiełek (guest actor) / Waldemar Błaszczyk (from April 11, 2000; guest actor)
Puppeteer Waldemar Dolecki (actor of the Puppet Theatre in Warsaw)
Youth David Adamski (guest actor)
Paris Mariusz Krzemiński (guest actor) / Waldemar Błaszczyk (from November 13, 1999; guest actor)
Dancers Katrin Lechler (guest actor) / Urszula Skośkiewicz (from March 29, 2000; guest actor), Katarzyna Lewandowska (guest actor), Beata Staniek (guest actor) / Patrycja Samson (from November 30, 1999; guest actor) / Ewa Szawłowska (from September 19, 2002; guest actor)

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Magdalena Siemieńczuk (TA)
    set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Świderek
  • lighting technician: Krzysztof Trzaskowski
  • sound technician: Robert Jurek
  • stage manager: Adam Borkowski
  • prompter: Jolanta Szydłowska

Gallery:

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  • OTHER DELIGHTS

    This adaptation of the novel Other Delights is the second staging of one of Jerzy Pilch's works at the National Theatre, following The Holy Father's Skis.  

  • FAUST

    Faust is a story based on an ancient legend of a scholar who yearns so much for just a moment of happiness that he makes a pact with the devil. 

  • FEBLIK

    Małgorzata Maciejewska's surprising drama received the Tadeusz Różewicz Drama Award in 2022, the competition's first year. The show is directed by Lena Frankiewicz. 

  • A DREAM PLAY

    After the well-received Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Sławomir Narloch returned to the National Theatre with another premiere – A Dream Play by Strindberg.

     

  • KING LEAR

    The King of Britain divides his kingdom between his three daughters to free himself from worries and hardships. However, before the decision he poses a question: which of you loves me the most?

  • WAITING FOR GODOT

    "What do we do now? Wait. [...] We're waiting for Godot". Piotr Cieplak directs Waiting for Godot by Beckett. Is this a classic yet? Does it still have its avant-garde power? And, are we still waiting?

  • FREDRO: THE JUBILEE YEAR

    Do you know Fredro? Not necessarily... To celebrate 230 years since Aleksander Fredro's birth, the National Theatre invites you to an evening dedicated to the life and works of Poland’s greatest comedy writer. 

  • TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS

    Małgorzata Bogajewska directs for the second time at the National Theatre. This time she draws on Ödön von Horváth's 1931 drama.

  • Solidarity with Ukraine | Солідарні з Україною

    The ensemble of the National Theatre stands in solidarity with the Ukrainians who are fighting for the independence of their homeland.

  • The National Theatre at Google Cultural Institute

    The virtual exhibition 250 Years of Teatr Narodowy (the National Theatre of Poland) is available online at Google Cultural Institute.

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