Premiera: 15 listopada 1956 
Autor: Thornton Wilder 
Tytuł: Niewiele brakowało. Historia ludzkości na wesoło
Tytuł oryginalny: The Skin of Our Teeth
Autor przekładu: Józef Brodzki 
Reżyseria: Jerzy Rakowiecki

Niewiele brakowało. Historia ludzkości na wesoło

reżyseria: Jerzy Rakowiecki
dekoracje: Romuald Nowicki
kostiumy: Irena Nowicka
muzyka: Zbigniew Wiszniewski

Obsada:

Zapowiadacz Andrzej Szczepkowski
Sabina Irena Krasnowiecka
Mr. Fitzpatrick Jerzy Rakowiecki
Mrs. Antrobus Halina Czengery / Halina Kossobudzka
Dinosaurus Jerzy Dobrzański / Aleksander Długosz
Mamut Jerzy Dobrowolski / Juliusz Roland / Miłosz Maszyński
Roznosiciel depesz Konstanty Pągowski
Gladys Barbara Fijewska / Kalina Jędrusik
Henry Bronisław Pawlik
Mr. Antrobus Władysław Krasnowiecki / Mieczysław Pawlikowski
Lekarz Adam Mularczyk
Profesor Marian Friedmann
Sędzia Stanisław Kwaskowski
Homer Jan Koecher
Miss Eutherpe – muza Barbara Klukowska / Joanna Walterówna
Miss Therpsychora – muza Ilona Stawińska
Miss Melphomena – muza Krystyna Possart / Aniela Świderska
Uchodźcy Franciszek Gołąb, Wacław Izdebski, Roman Kamiński
Wróżka Krystyna Kamieńska
Rikszarz Mieczysław Czechowicz
Radiowcy Juliusz Roland, Miłosz Maszyński, ***
Kongresmeni Mieczysław Czechowicz, Aleksander Długosz, Zbigniew Kryński, Lech Ordon, Zdzisław Szymański, Józef Wasilewski, Wilhelm Wichurski
Mr Tremayne Klemens Puchniewski
Ivy Helena Jaszczołtowa / Maria Pawluśkiewicz
Fred Bailey Stanisław Bieliński
Hester Maria Pawluśkiewicz / Helena Jaszczołtowa

Realizatorzy:

  • asystenci reżysera: Aleksander Długosz (PWST), Andrzej Szczepkowski
  • asystenci scenografa: Janusz Krassowski, Jan Krzewicki
  • realizatorzy filmu: Włodzimierz Haupe i Zbigniew Turski

Galeria:

Scena zbiorowa. Fot. Franciszek Myszkowski / Archiwum Artystyczne Teatru Narodowego


Bibliografia:

Edward Csató [Kali], „Teatr” 1956, nr 23, s. 14-15
Jeremi Czuliński, „Żołnierz Wolności” 1956, nr 308, s. 3
Tadeusz Frey,  „Trybuna Mazowiecka” 1956, nr 307/308
Stanisław Furmanik, „Teatr” 1957, nr 1, s. 9
Juliusz Garztecki, „Sztandar Młodych” 1957, nr 4
August Grodzicki, „Życie Warszawy” 1957, nr 286, s. 4
J.S., „Słowo Powszechne” 1956, nr 195
Irena Janowska, „Express Wieczorny” 1956, nr 269, s. 4
Zofia Karczewska-Markiewicz, „Tygodnik Demokratyczny” 1956, nr 49, s. 8
S. Mackiewicz, „Tygodnik Zachodni” 1957, nr 5
Irena Ochnio, Ludwika Woyciechowska., „Express Wieczorny” 1956,  nr 285, s. 6
Stefan Otwinowski, „Życie Literackie” 1956, nr 51, s. 7
Jerzy Pomianowski, „Świat” 1956, nr 52/53, s. 26-28
Zofia Sieradzka, „Głos Pracy” 1956, nr 291, s. 4
Beata Sowińska, „Stolica” 1956, nr 52/53
Józef Szczawiński, „Kierunki” 1956, nr 31 s. 12
Roman Szydłowski, „Panorama” 1957, nr 7
Roman Szydłowski, „Trybuna Ludu” 1956, nr 346, s. 6

 

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