"Iwona Princess of Burgundy" dir. Waldemar Śmigasiewicz

IWONA, PRINCESS OF BURGUNDA

Gombrowicz's play, in which comedy intertwines with tragedy. This is a story about a fictional royal family whose well-being and megalomania are destroyed by the appearance of a girl named Iwona. Terrified and fearful in herself, the mysterious heroine leads to the deconstruction and ruin of the bloated and hypocritical structure of the manor. The court as a family that, revealing its shameful secrets and secrets, almost leads itself to a catastrophe and collapse.

In his first drama, written before the war, Gombrowicz gives a record of mechanisms and social conventions, and above all, tries to present the situation of a man entangled in relations with others. It shows how our complexes can evolve when they meet the absolute.

The show takes part in6th edition of the Competition for the Staging of Old Works of Polish Literature "Living Classics".

https://teatr-rzeszow.pl/shows/85?m=22

Premiere

2020-07-11

Cast

Justyna Król, Mariola Łabno-Flaumenhaft, Małgorzata Machowska, Dagny Mikoś, Barbara Napieraj, Robert Chodur, Waldemar Czyszak, Marek Kępiński, Wojciech Kwiatkowski (guest appearance), Adam Mężyk, Mateusz Mikoś, Piotr Mieczysław Napieraj, Kacper Pilch (guest appearance)

Author

Witold Gombrowicz

Direction

Waldemar Śmigasiewicz

Scenography and costumes

Maciej Preyer

Scenographer's assistant

Weronika Krupa

Director's assistant

Justyna King

Supervisor and prompter

Margaret Depta

Music

Mateusz Śmigasiewicz

Duration

approx. 120 minutes (1 break)