Opening Night: 16 December 2001
Author: William Shakespeare
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Original Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Translator: Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński
Director: Jerzy Grzegorzewski

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 2 hours 10 min, one interval

A Midsummer Night's Dream

director, set designer: Jerzy Grzegorzewski
costume design: Barbara Hanicka
music: Stanisław Radwan
lighting design: Mirosław Poznański

Awards and Nominations:

2002 – The Prize of Distinction of the Competition for the Best Staging of William Shakespeare Dramatic Works
2001 – nomination for the Warsaw Felix award in "the best supporting female role" category for Beata Fudalej for the role of Puck

Cast:

Theseus, Duke of Athens Jacek Różański
Egeus, Father to Hermia Waldemar Kownacki (guest actor)
Lysander, in love with Hermia Arkadiusz Janiczek
Demetrius, in love with Hermia Bartłomiej Boborwski
Filostrates, Master of the Revels to Theseus Jacek Jarosz (guest actor)
Quince, a Carpenter Wojciech Malajkat
Snug, a Joiner Jerzy Łapiński
Bottom, a Weaver Zbigniew Zamachowski
Flute, a Bellows-mender Grzegorz Małecki
Snout, a Tinker Paweł Tołwiński
Starveling, a Tailor Jan Monczka / Leszek Zduń (from May 30, 2003)
Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus Anna Ułas
Hermia, Daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander Magdalena Warzecha
Helena, in love with Demetrius Edyta Jungowska (guest actress) / Anna Gryszkówna (from October 21, 2005)
Oberon, King of the Fairies Artur Żmijewski
Titania, Queen of the Fairies Ewa Konstancja Bułhak / Monika Dryl (from October 28, 2004)
Puck, or Robin Goodfellow Beata Fudalej
Fairies Karolina Dryzner / Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń (from October 8, 2002), Anna Iberszer (guest actress), Kinga Ilgner / Bożena Stachura (from May 21, 2005), Katarzyna Romańczuk (guest actress), Sylwia Stępniak (guest actress), Katarzyna Taracińska
Thracian tenor Emilian Kamiński
Bacchantes Wiesława Niemyska, Sylwia Nowiczewska / Bożena Stachura (from October 28, 2004), Ewa Szawłowska (guest actress)
Scouts Sławomir Federowicz, Mikołaj Klimek (guest actor), Łukasz Lewandowski, Robert Majewski, Jacek Mikołajczak, Igor Przegrodzki, Leszek Zduń
Indian Boy ***

musical director Mirosław Jastrzębski
drums Monika Szulińska, Wojciech Kowalewski / Rafał Klimczuk (understudy)

Production team:

  • director's assistants: Wiesława Niemyska, Piotr Wojewódzki
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Korneliusz Wieczorek
  • sound technicians: Rafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Ewa Dworecka
  • prompter: Jolanta Szydłowska

Gallery:

Zbigniew Zamachowski (Bottom), Ewa Konstancja Bułhak (Titania) and the Company. Phot. Wojciech Plewiński

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