Opening Night: 5 April 2008
Author: Anton Chekhov
Title: Ivanov
Original Title: Иванов
Translator: Artur Sandauer
Director: Jan Englert

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 2 hours 25 min, one interval

Ivanov

director: Jan Englert
set design: Andrzej Witkowski
music: Stanisław Radwan
lighting design: Mirosław Poznański

Awards and Nominations:

2008 – The Warsaw Felix award in "the best supporting male role" category to Andrzej Łapicki for the role of Count Matvyei Shabyelski

Cast:

Nikolai Ivanov Jan Frycz
Anna Petrovna Danuta Stenka
Count Matvyei Shabyelski Andrzej Łapicki (guest actor) / Jan Englert / Wiesław Komasa
Pavel Lebedev Janusz Gajos
Zinaida Savishna Grażyna Szapołowska (till April 13, 2011) / Beata Fudalej
Sasha Karolina Gruszka / Patrycja Soliman (from January 8, 2009)
Yevgeni Lvov Karol Pocheć
Marfusha Babakina Anna Seniuk
Dimitry Kosykh Jarosław Gajewski (as a guest actor from September 1, 2010)
Mikhail Borkin Krzysztof Stelmaszyk (as a guest actor from September 1, 2012)
Avdotya Nazarovna Anna Chodakowska
Jegorushka Igor Przegrodzki / Czesław Lasota (guest actor; from May 7, 2009)
Gavrila, Lebedev's butler Jacek Mikołajczak
Guests Sylwia Nowiczewska (guest actress), Katarzyna Romańczuk (guest actress), Dorota Rubin (guest actress), Ewa Szawłowska (guest actress), Bartłomiej Bobrowski, Sławomir Federowicz (guest actor), Robert Jarociński, Mirosław Jastrzębski, Mirosław Konarowski, Robert T. Majewski (guest actor), Jacek Różański, Przemysław Stippa

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Anna Turowiec
  • set designer's assistants: Dorota Chojecka, Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • sound technicians: Rafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Korneliusz Wieczorek
  • stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
  • prompter: Jolanta Szydłowska 

Gallery:

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  • FAUST

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  • FEBLIK

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  • A DREAM PLAY

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  • KING LEAR

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  • WAITING FOR GODOT

    "What do we do now? Wait. [...] We're waiting for Godot". Piotr Cieplak directs Waiting for Godot by Beckett. Is this a classic yet? Does it still have its avant-garde power? And, are we still waiting?

  • FREDRO: THE JUBILEE YEAR

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  • TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS

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  • Solidarity with Ukraine | Солідарні з Україною

    The ensemble of the National Theatre stands in solidarity with the Ukrainians who are fighting for the independence of their homeland.

  • The National Theatre at Google Cultural Institute

    The virtual exhibition 250 Years of Teatr Narodowy (the National Theatre of Poland) is available online at Google Cultural Institute.

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