Opening Night: 27 March 1998
Author: Witold Gombrowicz
Title: The Marriage
Original Title:
Ślub
Director: Jerzy Grzegorzewski

Auditorium: Wierzbowa Street Hall
Running time: 2 hours 30 min

The Marriage

director: Jerzy Grzegorzewski
set design: Barbara Hanicka
music: Stanisław Radwan

Awards and Nominations:

1998 – The Aleksander Zelwerowicz Award for the best actor to Mariusz Benoit for the role of Johnny

Cast:

Henry (Son and Prince) Jan Peszek (as a guest actor from September 8, 1998)
Henry's Double Emil Wesołowski (guest actor)
Johnny (Friend and Courtier) Mariusz Benoit
Frank (Father and King) Zbigniew Zamachowski
Katharine (Mother and Queen) Magdalena Warzecha
Molly (Maid and Princess) Joanna Żółkowska / Aleksandra Justa (from November 18, 1999)
Drunkard Wojciech Malajkat
Chancellor Zdzisław Tobiasz (guest actor)
Chamberlain Czesław Lasota (as a guest actor till August 31, 1998)
Dignitary-Traitor Emilian Kamiński / Mirosław Konarowski (from March 3, 1999)
Bishop Pandulf Jerzy Łapiński
Drunkards, Traitors Arkadiusz Janiczek, Łukasz Lewandowski, Jacek Poniedziałek (as a guest actor from September 8, 1998), Maciej Wojdyła (AT; as a guest actor till August 31, 1998), Leszek Zduń, Andrzej Blumenfeld (from October 6, 1998)
Ladies Kinga Ilgner (AT; as a guest actor till August 31, 1998), Wiesława Niemyska, Sylwia Nowiczewska, Maria Peszek (as a guest actor from September 8, 1998), Katarzyna Skolimowska (guest actor), Aleksandra Justa (from March 3, 1999), Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń (from November 18, 1999)

Production team:

  • lighting technician: Stanisław Zięba
  • sound technician: Marian Tarczyński

  • musical preparation: Mirosław Jastrzębski
  • director's assistants: Magdalena Kłaczyńska (TA), Magdalena Siemieńczuk (TA)
  • set designer's assistant: Jadwiga Michalska

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