Opening Night: 7 November 1998
Author: August Strindberg
Title: The Dance of Death
Original Title: Dödsdansen
Translator: Zygmunt Łanowski
Director: Adam Hanuszkiewicz

Auditorium: Wierzbowa Street Hall
Running time: 2 hours 20 min

The Dance of Death

director: Adam Hanuszkiewicz
set design: Franciszek Starowieyski
musical arrangement: Mirosław Jastrzębski
lighting design, video: Mirosław Poznański
choreography: Leszek Czarnota

Cast:

Edgar, a captain of the coast artillery Adam Hanuszkiewicz (guest actor)
Alice, his wife, a former actress Anna Chodakowska
Curt, the master of quarantine Krzysztof Kolberger (as a guest actor till March 13, 1999)
Jenny Ewa Konstancja Bułhak / Katarzyna Kowalska (guest actor; from March 6, 1999) / Kinga Ilgner (from April 25, 2000)
Old woman Anna Korzeniecka (guest actor)
Sentry Waldemar Kownacki (as a guest actor till January 5, 2000) / Maciej Wojdyła (from October 24, 2000) / Grzegorz Małecki (from December 19, 2000)

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Robert Walkowski (TA)
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Świderek
  • lighting technician: Krzysztof Trzaskowski
  • sound technician: Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Adam Borkowski
  • prompter: Jolanta Szydłowska

Gallery:

Krzysztof Kolberger (Curt), Anna Chodakowska (Alice). Phot. Rafał Latoszek

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