Love, money and social conventions form the backbone of Bolesław Prus’s *Lalka* – one of the most significant tales of ambition, social advancement and disillusionment with the modern world. It is a penetrating portrait of an era in which Warsaw becomes the setting for a clash between dreams and the ruthless mechanisms of class and society. In this new production at the Dramatyczny Theatre, Mikita Iłynczyk (director) and Goran Injac (dramaturg) interpret this legendary novel through the prism of the political reality of the late 19th century: a time of partition, a time of subjugation, a time of adapting to a culture that was not one’s own.

Cast

Waldemar Barwiński

Szuman

Marcin Bosak

Stanisław Wokulski

Mariusz Drężek

Suzin

Anna Gajewska

Helena Stawska

Katarzyna Herman

Baronowa Krzeszowska

Robert Majewski

Tomasz Łęcki

Małgorzata Wiśniewska-Niemirska

Widmo

Marta Ojrzyńska

Izabela Łęcka

Agata Różycka

Weronika / Helusia Stawska

Piotr Siwkiewicz

Ignacy Rzecki

Mateusz Weber

Geist / Marszałek

Agnieszka Wosińska

Kazimiera Wąsowska