Opening Night: 15 June 2018 
Author: Witold Gombrowicz 
Title: The Marriage
Original Title: Ślub
Director: Eimuntas Nekrošius

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall 

Running time: 3 hours, 30 min, two intervals 

 

The Marriage

Lithuanian Master Eimuntas Nekrošius returned to the National Theatre to direct one of the most significant and challenging Polish theatre plays of the 20th century.

A Masterpiece by Witold Gombrowicz. Where to find the new beginnings in the ruins of former order? What do I collide with? Is it with the others or with that what I am saying and doing right now? Is our world created between us? If so, why all the fuss?



director:  Eimuntas Nekrošius
set design: Marius Nekrošius
costume design: Nadežda Gultiajeva
music: Algirdas Martinaitis 
lighting design: Audrius Jankauskas

Awards:

2019  Award of the Management of the „Baltic House” Festival in Saint Petersburg for The Marriage performance


Cast:

Father (Frank) Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Mother (Katharine) / Molly Danuta Stenka
Henry (Son) Mateusz Rusin
Johnny (Friend) Karol Dziuba
Drunkard Grzegorz Małecki
Chancellor Marcin Przybylski
Chief of Police Robert Jarociński
Bishop Pandulf Magdalena Warzecha
Traitor Arkadiusz Janiczek
School Girl - Drunkard, Bridesmaid Anna Grycewicz
School Girl - Drunkard, Bridesmaid Joanna Gryga
School Girl - Drunkard, Bridesmaid Paulina Korthals
Maxie (Drunkard) Kacper Matula
Good (Drunkard) Kamil Mrożek
Humor (Drunkard), Passerby Paweł Paprocki
Man (Drunkard) Piotr Piksa 

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Anna Turowiec  
  • sound technicians: Mariusz Maszewski, Marek Szymański, Hubert Majewski
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Bartłomiej Kaczalski, Krzysztof Łukasz Stefan
  • stage manager: Adam Borkowski
  • prompter: Anna Leszczyńska



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