Opening Night: 9 April 1999
Author: Heinrich von Kleist
Title: On the Puppet Theatre
Original Title: Über das Marionettentheater
Translator: Ryszard Ziobro
Director: Henryk Tomaszewski

Auditorium: Wierzbowa Street Hall
Running time: 1 hour

On the Puppet Theatre

author of the script, director, choreographer: Henryk Tomaszewski
set design: Kazimierz Wiśniak
music: Zbigniew Karnecki

Awards:

1999 – The Konrad Swinarski Award for the best theatre director to Henryk Tomaszewski for direction of The Puppet Treaty and for his lifetime achievement   

Cast:

Mr C. Krzysztof Wakuliński
Mr K. Łukasz Lewandowski
Monkey Aleksander Sobiszewski (guest actor) / Mariusz Sikorski (guest actor / understudy)
Count Andrzej Byś (guest actor) / Jacek Jarosz (from September 19, 2002; guest actor)
Count's Sons Mariusz Krzemiński (guest actor) / Waldemar Błaszczyk (from November 13, 1999; guest actor), Janusz Szygiełek (guest actor) / Waldemar Błaszczyk (from April 11, 2000; guest actor)
Puppeteer Waldemar Dolecki (actor of the Puppet Theatre in Warsaw)
Youth David Adamski (guest actor)
Paris Mariusz Krzemiński (guest actor) / Waldemar Błaszczyk (from November 13, 1999; guest actor)
Dancers Katrin Lechler (guest actor) / Urszula Skośkiewicz (from March 29, 2000; guest actor), Katarzyna Lewandowska (guest actor), Beata Staniek (guest actor) / Patrycja Samson (from November 30, 1999; guest actor) / Ewa Szawłowska (from September 19, 2002; guest actor)

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Magdalena Siemieńczuk (TA)
    set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Świderek
  • lighting technician: Krzysztof Trzaskowski
  • sound technician: Robert Jurek
  • stage manager: Adam Borkowski
  • prompter: Jolanta Szydłowska

Gallery:

Krzysztof Wakuliński (Mr C.). Phot. Stefan Okołowicz

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