Opening Night: 10 December 2022
Author: Molière
Title: The Misanthrope
Original Title: Le Misanthrope
Translator: Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Director: Jan Englert

Auditorium: Studio Theatre
Running time: 1 hour 45 min, no interval

Ticket prices:

full-price ticket:
85 PLN

concession tickets:
65 PLN

rush tickets:
30 PLN  more info →

students of state theatre and art schools: 
15 PLN more info →

The Misanthrope

Jan Englert stages a classic play by Molière.

At its premiere in 1666, the play was regarded as a satire on Paris salons with their snobbery and hypocrisy. Above all, however, Molière poses a universal question about the meaning of the title character's attitude. What is Alcest's misanthropy: an uncompromising commitment to the truth or a doomed uprising against social conventions? Can love cure misanthropy?

director: Jan Englert 
set and costume design: Martyna Kander
music: Paweł Paprocki
lighting design: Karolina Gębska

Cast

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Beata Ścibakówna
  • lighting technicians: Kacper Bobylak, Bartłomiej Frysztak
  • sound technicians: Piotr Gos, Marek Wojtulanis
  • stage manager: Adam Borkowski
  • prompter: Anna Leszczyńska
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Licence for this stage production was granted by the Society of Authors – ZAiKS.


◊ The elements of the ladies's costumes in Molière's The Misanthrope are shoes and a handbag from Moliera 2 boutique →.


Gallery:

Justyna Kowalska (Célimène), Grzegorz Małecki (Alceste). Phot. Marta Ankiersztejn

 

 

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