The forties

“The Death of a Faun” – Tytus Czyżewski
Direction – Władysław Józef Dobrowolski
Stage design and costumes – Tadeusz Kantor
Music – Jan Ekier
Music performed by a chamber ensemble conducted by Adam Rieger
Artistic supervision – Władysław Józef Dobrowolski
Premiere – 7 June 1945 (Artists’ Café, Krakow)
Association of Artists and Designers’ Club, Krakow
(performed by a group of pronunciation class students from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow)
An off-the-conventional-stage production
                                                                                                        

A scene from a performance of "The Day of His Return", photo by K. Burzyński

A scene from a performance of “The Day of His Return”, photo by K. Burzyński

“The Day of His Return” – Zofia Nałkowska
Direction – Jerzy Ronard Bujański
Stage design and costumes – Tadeusz Kantor
Artistic supervision – Andrzej Pronaszko

Literary supervision – Tadeusz Breza, Wojciech Natanson
Premiere – 17 June 1945
The Old Theatre, Small Stage, Krakow

 

 

6 designs of costumes for the staging of "Cid", 1945, Cricoteka

6 designs of costumes for the staging of “Cid”, 1945, Cricoteka

“The Cid” – Pierre Corneille, translated by Stanisław Wyspiański
Direction and staging – Jerzy Ronard Bujański
Stage design and costumes – Tadeusz Kantor
Music – Jan Maklakiewicz
Artistic supervision – Andrzej Pronaszko

Literary supervision – Tadeusz Breza, Wojciech NatansonPremiere – 25 July 1945 (the courtyard of the former Jagiellonian Library, St. Ann’s Street, Krakow )
The Old Theatre, Small Stage, Krakow

 

Scenery design for the staging of "The Worthy and the Unworthy", 1945, from a private collection

Scenery design for the staging of “The Worthy and the Unworthy”, 1945, from a private collection

“The Worthy and the Unworthy” * – Józef Czechowicz
Direction – Tadeusz Kantor
Stage design and costumes – Tadeusz Kantor
Music written and performed by Janina Garścia-Gresselowa
Artistic supervision – Zofia Karasiówna
Premiere – 2 August 1945
The Rotunda Academic Theatre, Krakow
An off-the-conventional-stage production

 

 

 

 

Scenery design  for the staging of "The Return of Odysseus", 1945, from a private collection

Scenery design for the staging of “The Return of Odysseus”, 1945, from a private collection

“The Return of Odysseus” – Stanisław Wyspiański **
Direction and staging – Tadeusz Kantor
Stage design and costumes – Tadeusz Kantor
Music – Janina Garścia-Gresselowa
Choreorgaphy – Irena Michalczyk
Artistic supervision of the Actors’ Studio – Jerzy Ronard Bujański
Artistic supervision – Andrzej Pronaszko

Literary supervision – Tadeusz Breza, Wojciech Natanson
Premiere – 5 August 1945
The Old Theatre, Actors’ Studio, Krakow
(from the series: “The Old Theatre” Studio Shows)

 

Scenery design  for the staging of "We Have Realized the Truth", 1945, from a private collection

Scenery design for the staging of “We Have Realized the Truth”, 1945, from a private collection

“We Have Realised the Truth” (“The Earth Accuses”) – Wanda Karczewska 
Staging – Józef Karbowski
Stage design and costumes – Tadeusz Kantor
Artistic supervision – Karol Frycz

Literary supervision – Adam Polewka

Musical supervision – Kazimierz Meyerhold
Premiere – 30 October 1945
The Juliusz Słowacki Municipal Theatre, Krakow

 

* The performance’s unofficial title given by Tadeusz Kantor is “Mystery Play on a Tram” with reference to the play by Czechowicz, which takes place on a tram.

** The staging in the Actors’ Studio of The Old Theatre, Krakow is the second version of the performance originally staged by Tadeusz Kantor in the Independent Clandestine Theatre in Krakow, premiere – 21 June 1944.

 

Scenery design for the staging of "Caricatures", 1946, Muzeum Chełmskie in Chełm

Scenery design for the staging of “Caricatures”, 1946, Muzeum Chełmskie in Chełm

“Caricatures” – Jan August Kisielewski
Direction – Jerzy Ronard  Bujański
Stage design and costumes –  Tadeusz Kantor
Artistic supervision – Jerzy Ronard Bujański
Premiere – [17 November 1945] (the premises of today’s Groteska Theatre)
The Ignacy Fik Interorganization Working Theatre, Krakow
An off-the-conventional-stage production

 

 

 

"Principal's Room, Act One," scenery design for the staging of "Two Theatres", 1946, the Cracow Historical Museum

“Principal’s Room, Act One,” scenery design for the staging of “Two Theatres”, 1946, the Cracow Historical Museum

“Two Theatres” – Jerzy Szaniawski
Direction – Irena Grywińska
Stage design and costumes – Tadeusz Kantor
Music – Alojzy Kluczniok
Violin solo performed by Nina Stokowska
Artistic supervision – Karol Adwentowicz

Literary supervision – Halina Bojarska
Premiere – 24 February 1946
The Polish Soldier Theatre, Krakow

 

 

Scenery design for the staging of "The Portrait of a General", 1964, the Cracow Historical Museum

Scenery design for the staging of “The Portrait of a General”, 1964, the Cracow Historical Museum

“The Portrait of a General” – Juliusz Wirski
Direction – Karol Frycz
Stage design and costumes – Tadeusz Kantor
Artistic supervision – Karol Frycz

Literary supervision – Adam Polewka

Musical supervision – Kazimierz Meyerhold

Premiere – 12 April 1946
The Juliusz Słowacki Municipal Theatre, Krakow

 

 

Scenery design for the ballet "Swantewit", 1948, the National Museum in Poznań

Scenery design for the ballet “Swantewit”, 1948, the National Museum in Poznań

“Swantewit” – a ballet by Piotr Perkowski
Direction and choreography – Jerzy Kapliński
Stage design and costumes – Andrzej Stopka
Scenographic designs (unrealized) prepared on 10 April 1948 for a competition organized by The Grand Theatre in Poznań  – Tadeusz Kantor
Artistic and musical supervision – Zygmunt Latoszewski
Premiere – 19 June 1948
The Grand Theatre, National Opera, Poznań

 

“I Wish the Woodcutter Would Wake Up” [“Woodcutter”] – Pablo Neruda, translated by Z. A. Pijanowski
Direction and staging – Tadeusz Kantor, Maria Jarema
[Artistic supervision – Leokadia Kałuska]

Premiere – [26] June 1949 (the courtyard of the Pod Baranami Palace)
The Provincial Trade Unions’ Club3,* Krakow
An off-the-conventional-stage production

 

 

* From 1949 to 1950 Tadeusz Kantor cooperated with the Provincial Trade Unions’ Club in Krakow, where he worked as a club instructor and managed its Workers’ Group.

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