Opening Night: 28 April 2001
Author: Stanisław Wyspiański
Title: Acropolis
Original Title:
Akropolis
Director:
Ryszard Peryt

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 3 hours, three intervals

Acropolis

author of the script, director: Ryszard Peryt
set design: Ewa Starowieyska
music: Exodus by Wojciech Kilar
musical arrangements: Ryszard Peryt
choreography: Emil Wesołowski
lighting design: Mirosław Poznański
pyrotechnic effects: Krzysztof Trzaskowski

Cast:

Actor / Priam / Isaac Ignacy Gogolewski
Konrad from Liberation by Stanisław Wyspiański / Hector / Jacob / Harpist Mariusz Bonaszewski
Angel / Guardian / Shepherd Waldemar Kownacki
Angel Anna Ułas (guest actress)
Angel / Guardian / Shepherd / Black Angel Arkadiusz Janiczek
Woman from the Ankwicz Statue / Andromache / Rachel Dorota Landowska
Woman from the Skotnicki Statue / Helena / Lia Sylwia Nowiczewska
Tempus from the Sołtyk Monument / Laban Czesław Lasota
Clio from the Sołtyk Monument Anna Chodakowska
Miss from the Sołtyk Monument / Polyxena / Angel of Jacob's dream Bożena Stachura
Hecuba / Rebecca Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska
Paris / Esau Krzysztof Kolberger
Cassandra / Angel of Jacob's dream Magdalena Warzecha
Mourning woman / Angel of Jacob's dream Karolina Dryzner
Mourning woman / Angel of Jacob's dream Katarzyna Romańczuk (guest actress)
Mourning woman / Angel of Jacob's dream Katarzyna Taracińska

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Piotr Wojewódzki
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Korneliusz Wieczorek
  • sound techniciansRafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
  • prompter: Jolanta Szydłowska

Gallery:

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  • WAITING FOR GODOT

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  • The National Theatre at Google Cultural Institute

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