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.
An amorous veterinarian must cope with a difficult situation. At the door of the house where he lives with his wife, his parents and his grandmother - a model protestant family - his lover appears, having come to "stay with him forever". Terrified, he tries to avert inevitable catastrophe... With artful phrasing, Pilch tells an ordinary story of extraordinary love, a love which smites the hero with dramatic and theatrical force.
direction: Jacek Głomb
stage adaptation: Robert Urbański
set and costume design: Małgorzata Bulanda
music: Bartosz Straburzyński
stage movement: Witold Jurewicz
lighting design: Jacek Głomb, Małgorzata Bulanda
Illustration: Leon Chwistek, Lying Female Act, ca. 1922, watercolor painting. Wikipedia / public domain
Cast
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Oskar Hamerski
Pawel Kohoutek, veterinarian
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Justyna Kowalska
Kohoutek's Current Woman; Chorus of Women
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Monika Dryl
Kohoutek's Wife; Chorus of Women
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Beata Fudalej
Kohoutek's Mother; Chorus of Women
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Mirosław Konarowski
Kohoutek's Father
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Anna Chodakowska
Oma, Kohoutek's grandmother; Chorus of Women
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Anna Gryszkówna
Mrs. Wandzia, resident in the Kohoutek house; Chorus of Women
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Laura Pajor
Lizbeth, Mrs. Wandzia's daughter; Chorus of Women (guest actor)
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Jacek Mikołajczak
Pastor
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Anna Ułas
Pastor's Wife; Chorus of Women
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Mariusz Benoit
Dr Oyermah
Production team
- lighting technicians: Łukasz Obuch-Woszczatyński, Tomasz Księżak
- sound technicians: Marcin Kotwa, Maciej Rybicki
- video technicians: Mariusz Chałubek, Paweł Woźniak
- stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
prompter: Magdalena Markowska
Licence for this stage production was granted by the Society of Authors – ZAiKS.