A Dream Play
After the well-received Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Sławomir Narloch returns to the National Theatre with another premiere.
A Dream Play was written by Swedish playwright August Strindberg at the beginning of the last century. In this drama, hope intertwines with pain, sadness mingles with ridicule, and the pursuit of happiness seems like an interminable dream. The daughter of the god Indra descends to earth to learn about all the different aspects of people’s lots in life. This story – full of songs and striking images – is told by a travelling theatre troupe and takes place in the dreamlike depths of human consciousness.
script, ballad lyrics, direction: Sławomir Narloch
set and costume design: Martyna Kander
music: Jakub Gawlik
lighting design: Karolina Gębska
vocal preparation: Magdalena Czuba
The play contains the Introit from Requiem op. 48 by Gabriel Fauré.
Please mind that in some scenes during the show appears smoke effects.
Cast
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Ewa Bukała
The Daughter of Indra (TA)
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Cezary Kosiński
The Officer, The Lawyer, The Poet
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Kacper Matula
The Prompter
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Jakub Gawlik
The Glazier, The Young Officer, He, The Coalheaver, Dean of Theology, An Actor
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Piotr Kramer
The Brother, The Teacher, An Actor
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Grzegorz Kwiecień
An Angel, Dean of Philosophy, An Actor
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Malwina Laska-Eichmann
She, An Actress (guest actor)
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Anna Lobedan
The Devil, The Death, An Actress
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Sławomira Łozińska
The Portress, An Actress
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Hubert Paszkiewicz
The Voice of Indra, The Father, The Master of Quarantine, A Naval Officer, The Coalheaver, Dean of Jurisprudence, An Actor
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Henryk Simon
The Billposter, The Coalheaver, Dean of Medicine, An Actor
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Patrycja Soliman
Lina, The Blind Man, An Actress
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Anna Ułas
The Mother, Ugly Edith, Lord Chancellor, An Actress
Musicians
Anna Bojara-Czarnecka – musical saw
Anton Korolov – bagpipe, hurdy-gurdy, shawm, flute, fiddle
Wojciech Lubertowicz / Daniel Moński – drums
oraz Jakub Gawlik – accordion, Anna Lobedan – double bass, Kacper Matula – guitaleles, sitar, Hubert Paszkiewicz – trumpet
Production team
- director's assistant: Magdalena Czuba
- lighting technicians: Łukasz Obuch-Woszczatyński, Tomasz Księżak
- sound technicians: Marcin Kotwa, Maciej Rybicki
- stage manager: Adam Borkowski
- prompter: Anna Leszczyńska
Licence for this stage production was granted by the Society of Authors – ZAiKS.
