Opening Night: 28 November 1998
Author: 15th, 16th and 17th Century texts by anonymous authors in the selection of Kazimierz Dejmek
Title: Dialogus de Passione or the Doleful Tragedy of the Passion of Christ
Original Title:
Dialogus de Passione albo Żałosna tragedyja o Męce Chrystusa
Director:
Kazimierz Dejmek

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 2 hours 15 min

Dialogus de Passione

director: Kazimierz Dejmek
set design: Jan Polewka
author of sculptures: Stefan Borzęcki, Zbigniew Kowalewski, Jerzy Nowakowski
musical arrangements: Stefan Sutkowski, Jacek Urbaniak
musical director: Mirosław Jastrzębski

Cast:

Evangelist or Prologus Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Caiaphas Michał Pawlicki
Annas Zdzisław Tobiasz (guest actor)
Rabinus primus Jan Tesarz (guest actor)
Rabinus secundus Józef Duriasz
Lucifer Emilian Kamiński
Garzstka Łukasz Lewandowski
Kuflik Maciej Wojdyła
Wąglik Leszek Zduń
Krzaczek Mirosław Konarowski
Judas Andrzej Blumenfeld
Prophed Zechariah Czesław Lasota
Janitor Bogdan Baer (guest actor)
Mary, Mother of God Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska
Miles primus Jerzy Łapiński
Miles secundus Radosław Elis
Miles tertius Paweł Tołwiński
Miles quartus Sławomir Orzechowski (guest actor) / Arkadiusz Janiczek (from March 30, 1999)
Miles quintus Dariusz Błażejewski (guest actor)
Miles sextus Waldemar Błaszczyk (guest actor)
Haerodes Krzysztof Gosztyła
Pilatus Marek Barbasiewicz
Courtier I Mirosław Kowalczyk (guest actor)
Courtier II Mikołaj Klimek (guest actor)
Executioner Maciej Kozłowski
Veronica Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń
Cireneus Henryk Błażejczyk (guest actor)


Warsaw Gregorian Chant Choir under the direction of Tadeusz Olszewski:
Stanisław Bogdanowicz, Tadeusz Chruszczyk, Stefan Cieślowski, Longin Glijer, Tadeusz Gowin, Sebastian Gunerka, Jan Karpiński, Jerzy Kędziorek, Mariusz Klimek, Michał Komosa, Antoni Kubów (from April 15, 2000), Marcin Łukaszewski, Paweł Łukaszewski, Jan Mitoraj (from April 15, 2000), Piotr Mizera, Bernard Pielok, Feliks Rokicki, Edward Skowroński, Andrzej Żyliński, Zygmunt Żyliński

Children's choir from Primary School No. 70 named after the Heroes of Monte Cassino under the direction of Romuald Miazga

musicians: Bogdan Kulik, Maciej Piwkowski

 

Production team:

  • director's assistants: Mariusz Bieliński (TA), Andrzej Majczak
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Świderek
  • lighting technician: Krzysztof Trzaskowski
  • sound technician: Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
  • prompter: Katarzyna Skolimowska


Gallery:

  • HEAVEN AND HELL

    Heaven and Hell is a moving family comedy full of fairy-tale elements. Premiere: 22 February 2025


  • 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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