Opening Night: 16 April 2004
Author: Arthur Miller
Title: Death of a Salesman
Original Title: Death of a Salesman
Translator: Joanna Gorczycka
Director: Kazimierz Kutz

Auditorium: Small Theatre
Running time: 2 hours 20 min, one interval

Death of a Salesman

director: Kazimierz Kutz
set design: Andrzej Dudziński
music: Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz
costume design: Dorota Kołodyńska
lighting design: Tomasz Wert

Awards and Nominations:

2004 – nomination for the Warsaw Felix award in "the best male leading role" category for Janusz Gajos for the role of Willy Loman
2004 – nomination for the Warsaw Felix award in "the best supporting male role" category for Wojciech Malajkat for the role of Biff

Cast:

Willy Loman Janusz Gajos
Uncle Ben Zbigniew Bogdański (guest actor)
Linda Anna Seniuk
Biff Wojciech Malajkat
Happy Zbigniew Zamachowski
Howard Wagner Emilian Kamiński
Miss Forsythe Katarzyna Taracińska-Badura / Dorota Ignatjew (guest actress; from June 25, 2005) / Bożena Stachura (from September 22, 2005)
Letta Kinga Ilgner / Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń (understudy)
The Woman Ewa Konstancja Bułhak-Rewak / Bożena Stachura (understudy)
Stanley Jacek Różański / Mirosław Konarowski (from September 10, 2004) / Andrzej Blumenfeld (from September 9, 2009)

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Dorota Ignatjew
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Piotr Sadziński, Dariusz Wieczorek
  • lighting technician: Marcin Bociński
  • stage manager: Dorota Ignatjew

Gallery:

Janusz Gajos (Willy Loman). Phot. Michał Mrowiec

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