Opening Night: 19 March 1999
Based on Samuel Zborowski by Juliusz Słowacki
Title: I've Chosen All Souls' Day Today
Original Title:
wybrałem dziś zaduszne święto
Director:
Janusz Wiśniewski

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 1 hour 35 min

I've Chosen All Souls' Day Today

director, set designer: Janusz Wiśniewski
music: Jerzy Satanowski
choreography: Emil Wesołowski

Cast:

Charon Czesław Lasota

Dramatis Personae

Samuel Mariusz Bonaszewski
Atessa Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń
Prince Michał Pawlicki
Lucifer Krzysztof Kolberger

Demons

Lord Marek Barbasiewicz
Laughing Skull Maciej Kozłowski
Abu Gosch, the War Artur Żmijewski
Henry Mager Andrzej Blumenfeld
Death Radosław Elis

Exorcists

Father Giuseppe Balduci Józef Duriasz
Beloved Expeditus Mikołaj Klimek (guest actor)
Doctor Paweł Tołwiński

Figures of All Souls' Day

Widows:     
Countess D. Eugenia Herman (guest actor)
Barlicka-Listowska Katarzyna Taracińska
Obolenska Beata Ścibakówna
Kruk Anna Staszak (guest actress)
Maidens:        
Frejtazanka Beata Kozikowska (guest actor)
Stokrotka Karolina Dryzner
Piekarzowna Ewa Szawłowska (guest actor)
Nurses:
Sweet Katarzyna Romańczuk (guest actor)
Sour Alicja Szymańska (guest actor)
Male Nurse Robert Walkowski (guest actor)
Veteran Hubert Zduniak (TA)
Sailor Sławomir Śmiałek (guest actor)
Foolish Fool Marcin Kocela (guest actor)
Madman Maciej Wojdyła
Millionaire in the Travel Jerzy Łapiński
Marian Hatter Waldemar Błaszczyk (guest actor)
Antoni Hatter Dariusz Błażejewski (guest actor) / Arkadiusz Janiczek (from May 21, 1999)
Nice Augustine Leszek Zduń
Χριστοξ Πασχων Mirosław Konarowski
Our Mother Kinga Ilgner

Production team:

  • associate director: Elżbieta Dmochowska
    director's assistant:
    Robert Walkowski (TA)
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Świderek
  • lighting technician: Krzysztof Trzaskowski
  • sound technician: Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk

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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