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BAKAKAI : adaptations

BAKAKAI : adaptations
"Bakakaj" : inscenizacje


Author : Allen Kuharski
Selected production bibliography/chronology of BACACAY

  •  LAWYER KRAYKOWSKI’S DANCER 
    Tancerz mecenasa Kraykowskiego
    • ADAPTATIONS FOR FILM, TELEVISION, AND RADIO

Denmark

      • Copenhagen, Danmarks Radio, Radio Teatret. Adaptation and Direction : Asger Bonfils. Producer : Birgit Worn, 1974.

Netherlands

      • Amsterdam, Dutch Ministry of Culture. Television adaptation by Paul Beers. Producer : Chris Brouer, 1977.
    • STAGE ADAPTATIONS

France

      • Paris, Compagnie de Révèrbère. Performed as Le danseur de maître Kraykowski. Adaptation and Direction : Jörg Schnass, 1989.

Poland

      • Łódź, Teatr Nowy. Performed as Ja, Gombrowicz. Adapted also from Gombrowicz’s Diaries, Cosmos, The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki and Dinner at Countess Pavahoke’s. Adaptation and Direction : Wojciech Szulczyński, 1988.
      • Gdańsk. Adaptation and Direction : Piotr Ogorzałek. 1990. Legnica, Teatr Dramatyczny. Adaptation : Dariusz Sosiński. Director : Robert Czechowski, 1995.
      • Radom, Teatr Powszechny. Adaptation and Direction : Krzysztof Warlikowski, 1997.
      • Warsaw, Teatr na Woli. Performed as Pamiętnik z okresu dojrzewania. Adapted also from Virginity and The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki. Adaptation and Direction : Włodzimierz Kaczkowski, 1999.
      • Toruń, Teatr Baj Pomorski. Adaptation and Direction : Jacek Pietruski, 2002.
      • Kalisz, Teatr im. Wojciecha Bogusławskiego. Adaptation and Direction : Dariusz Sosiński, 2002.
      • Poznań, Teatr Porywacze Ciał. Performed as Tajemnica. Adapted also from Virginity and The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki. Adaptation and Direction : Maciej Adamczyk and Katarzyna Pawłowska, 2004.
  •  THE MEMOIRS OF STEFAN CZARNIECKI 
    Pamiętnik Stefana Czarnieckiego
    • STAGE ADAPTATIONS

Poland

      • Poznań, Teatr Nowy. Performed with Virginity. Adaptation and Direction : Izabella Cywińska, 1986.
      • Łódź, Teatr Nowy. Performed as Ja, Gombrowicz. Adapted also from Gombrowicz’s Diaries, Cosmos, Lawyer Kraykowski’s Dancer and Dinner at Countess Pavahoke’s. Adaptation and Direction : Wojciech Szulczyński, 1988.
      • Wrocław, Teatr Współczesny. Performed as Z Bakakaju Witolda Gombrowicza. Adaptation and Direction : Teresa Sawicka. 1990.
      • Łódź, Teatr Stefana Jaracza. Performed as Krótki Pamiętnik Jakuba Czarnieckiego. Adapted also from texts by Aleksander Ładnowski, Władysław Anszyc, Adam Mickiewicz, Zygmunt Krasiński, Władysław Bełża, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Adam Asnyk, Paweł Bagiński, and others. Adaptation and Direction : Piotr Cieślak, 1991.
      • Warsaw, Teatr Nowy. Performed as Cząber z Gombra. Adapted also from History, Virginity and The Events on the Banbury. Adaptation and Direction : Adam Hanuszkiewicz, 1992.
      • Radom, Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury i Sztuki Resursa. Adaptation and Direction : Jerzy Stępkowski, 1993.
      • Gorzów Wielkopolski, Teatr Kreatury. Performed as Gwoli jakiejś tajemnicy. Adaptation and Direction : Przemysław Wiśniewski, 1998.
      • Warsaw, Teatr na Woli. Performed as Pamiętnik z okresu dojrzewania. Adapted also from Lawyer Kraykowski’s Dancer and Virginity. Adaptation and Direction : Włodzimierz Kaczkowski. 1999.
      • Warsaw, Teatr Dramatyczny. Performed as Pamiętnik. Adaptation and Direction : Piotr Cieślak and the ensemble, 2004.
      • Poznań, Teatr Porywacze Ciał. Performed as Tajemnica. Adapted also from Virginity and Lawyer Krayjowski’s Dancer. Adaptation and Direction : Maciej Adamczyk and Katarzyna Pawłowska, 2004.
      • Sopot, Teatr Stajnia Pegaza. Adaptation and Direction : Ewa Ignaczak, 2005.

France

      • Lyon, Théâtre de Venisseux, Salle Erik Satie. Performed as Mémoires du temps de l’immaturité. Adapted also from Philidor’s Child Within,Dinner at Countess Pavahoke’s, The Events on the Banbury, and Ferdydurke. Adaptation and Direction : Anne Courel, 1991.

The Netherlands

      • Utrecht, De Utrechtse School. Adaptation and Direction : Waas Gramser and Kris van Tier, 1995.
      • Rotterdam, Schouwburg. Ensamble Maten. Performed as De tragische memoires uit de rijpingsjaren. Adapted also from Gombrowicz’s Diaries. Adaptation and Direction : Waas Gramser and Kris van Trier. 1997.

Belgium

Brussels, Ensemble Maten, Vlaams Theater Instituut. Performed as Mémoires uit de Rijpingsjaren. Also adapted from Gombrowicz’s Diaries and the writings of Daniil Charms. Adaptation and Direction : Waas Gramser. 1997.

  •  A PREMEDITATED CRIME 
    Zbrodnia z premedytacją
    • ADAPTATIONS FOR FILM, TELEVISION, AND RADIO

West Germany

      • Munich, Iduna Films. Performed as Verbrechen mit Vorbedacht. Television adaptation by Peter Lilienthal and Piers Paul Read. Director : Peter Lilienthal, 1967, 1970.

France

      • Paris. Performed as Meurtre avec préméditation. Television Adaptation and Direction : Michel Mitrani, 1984.

Poland

      • Warsaw, Polskie Radio. Adaptation for radio : Bożena Hampel. Director : Zdzisław Dąbrowski. Producer : Andrzej Złomski, 1979.
      • Warsaw, Teatr Telewizji. Adaptation and Direction : Wojciech Adamczyk, 1992.
      • Warsaw, Teatr Telewizji. Adaptation and Direction : Zbigniew Brzoza, 1999. Television version of the 1996 stage production at Teatr im. Stefana Jaracza in Łódź.
    • STAGE ADAPTATIONS :

Italy

      • Rome, Teatro del Satiri di Roma. Performed together with Dinner at Countess Pavahoke’s. Performed as Le contesse e il cavolfiore. Adaptation : Mario Moretti and Lucia Poli. Director : Donato Sannini, 1973.

Poland

      • Warsaw, Teatr Scena Prezentacje. Performed together with Dinner at Countess Pavahoke’s. Adaptation and Direction : Romuald Szejd, 1980, 1985.
      • Kalisz, Teatr Propozycji, 1982.
      • Wrocław, Teatr Współczesny. Performed as Z Bakakaju. Adapted also from Dinner at Countess Pavahoke’s. Adaptation and Direction : Teresa Sawicka, 1990.
      • Radom, Teatr Powszechny. Adaptation and Direction : Zbigniew Brzoza, 1993.
      • Łódź, Teatr im. Stefana Jaracza. Adaptation and Direction : Zbigniew Brzoza, 1996 ; see 1999 television version.
      • Koszalin, Bałtycki Teatr Dramatyczny. Adaptation and Direction : Paweł Szumiec, 1998.
      • Katowice, Teatr Korez. Performed as Biesiada z premedytacją. Adapted also from Dinner at Countess Pavahoke’s. Adaptation and Direction : Piotr Warszawski, 2003.
      • Gdynia, Teatr Miejski im. Witolda Gombrowicza. Adaptation and Direction : Paweł Passini, 2004.
      • Warsaw, Le Madame. Adaptation and Direction : Rafał Sisicki, 2004.
      • Szczecin, Teatr Krypta. Adaptation and Direction : Ryszard Major, 2005.

Netherlands

      • Amsterdam. Performed as Met voorbedachten rade. Adaptation and Direction : Peer Mascini, 1993. First Dutch adaptation of this text.
  •  DINNER AT COUNTESS PAVAHOKE’S 
    Biesiada u hrabiny Kotłubaj
    • ADAPTATIONS FOR FILM, TELEVISION, AND RADIO

Poland

      • Warsaw, Teatr Polskiego Radia, Program II. Adaptation : Witold Males. Director : Jan Warenycia, 1995.
    • STAGE ADAPTATIONS

France

      • Paris, École Jacques Lecoq. Adaptation and Direction : Luc Bondy, 1968.
      • Lyon, Théâtre de Venisseux, Salle Erik Satie. Performed as Mémoires du temps de l’immaturité. Adapted also from Philidor’s Child Within, The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki, The Events on the Banbury, and Ferdydurke. Adaptation and Direction : Anne Courel, 1991.

Italy

      • Rome, Teatro del Satiri di Roma. Performed together with Premeditated Crime. Performed as Le contesse e il cavolfiore. Adaptation : Mario Moretti and Lucia Poli. Director : Donato Sannini, 1973.

      • Poland

        Łódź, Studencki Teatr Satyryków Cytryna. Performed as Biesiada. Adaptation and Direction : Jarosław Warzecha, 1973.

      • Warsaw, Teatr Scena Prezentacje. Performed together with A Premeditated Crime. Adaptation and Direction : Romuald Szejd, 1980, 1985.
      • Łódź, Teatr Nowy. Performed as Ja, Gombrowicz. Adapted also from Gombrowicz’s Diaries, Cosmos, Lawyer Kraykowski’s Dancer, and The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki. Adaptation and Direction : Wojciech Szulczyński, 1988.
      • Zabrze, Teatr Nowy. Performed together with Virginity. Adaptation and Direction : Henryk Adamek, 1989.
      • Wrocław, Teatr Polski. Performed as Biesiada u Hrabiny Kotłubaj. Adaptation and Direction : Jacek Bunsch, 1990.
      • Wrocław, Teatr Współczesny. Performed as Z Bakakaju. Adapted also from A Premeditated Crime. Adaptation and Direction : Teresa Sawicka, 1990.
      • Wschowa. Adaptation and performance : Marek Cholewa, 1996.
      • Wrocław, Teatr Osobowy, Teatr Kalambur. Performed as Biesiada. Adaptation and Direction : Robert Czechowski, 1997.
      • Katowice, Teatr Korez. Performed as Biesiada z premedytacją. Adapted also from A Premeditated Crime. Adaptation and Direction : Piotr Warszawski, 2003.
      • Gdynia, Teatr Miejski im. Witolda Gombrowicza. Adaptation and Direction : Tadeusz Gogolewski, 2004.
      • Warsaw, Teatr Studio. Adaptation and Direction : Irena Jun, 2004.

United States

      • Los Angeles, The Center for Theater Research and Performance. University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Performed as A Feast at Countess Kotłubaj’s. Adaptation : Anna Krajewska-Wieczorek and Michael Hackett. Director : Michael Hackett, 1997.

Canada

      • Montréal, Le Groupe S.M. Performed as Le banquet chez la Comtesse Fritouille. Adaptation : Dominique Garand and Aurelia Klimkiewicz. Director : Liliana Komorowska, 2004.
  •  VIRGINITY 
    Dziewictwo
    • ADAPTATIONS FOR FILM, TELEVISION, AND RADIO

Belgium

      • Brussels, Radio-TV Belge. Radio Adaptation : Eric Pauwels, 1976.

Poland

      • Warsaw, Teatr Polskiego Radia ; Polskie Radio, Program II. Adaptation : Witold Malesa. Director : Henryk Rozen, 1998.
    • STAGE ADAPTATIONS

France

      • Grenoble, Théâtre de la Transparence. Performed as Bakakaï. Adapted also from Filidor’s Child Within and The Banquet. Adaptation and Direction : Pascal Henry, 1985.
      • Dunkerque, Studio I XVI. German-language version. Adaptation and Direction : Wiesław Danielec, 2000.

Poland

      • Poznań, Teatr Nowy. Performed with The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki. Adaptation and Direction : Izabella Cywińska, 1986. First Polish stage adaptation of the text.
      • Zabrze, Teatr Nowy. Performed together with Dinner at Countess Pavahoke’s. Adaptation and Direction : Henryk Adamek, 1989.
      • Gorzów Wielkopolski, Teatr Kreatury. Adaptation : Elżbietia Kuczyńska. Director : PrzemekWiśniewski, 1991.
      • Warsaw, Teatr Nowy. Performed as Cząber z Gombra. Adapted also from History, The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki, and The Events on the Banbury. Adaptation and Direction : Adam Hanuszkiewicz, 1992.
      • Gorzów Wielkopolski, Teatr Kreatury. Performed as Sen z niewinności z nieświadomości. Adaptation and Direction : Przemek Wiśniewski, 1994.
      • Katowice, Teatr Śląski. Performed as Dziewictwo na kuchennych schodach. Adapted also from On The Kitchen Steps. Adaptation and Direction : Jacek Bunsch, 1998.
      • Warsaw, Teatr na Woli. Performed as Pamiętnik z okresu dojrzewania. Adapted also from Lawyer Kraykowski’s Dancerand The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki. Adaptation and Direction : Włodzimierz Kaczkowski, 1999.
      • Gorzów Wielkopolski, Teatr Kreatury. Adaptation and Direction : Przemysław Wiśniewski and Alina Czyżewska, 2002.
      • Poznań, Teatr Porywacze Ciał. Performed as Tajemnica. Adapted also from Lawyer Kraykowski’s Dancer and The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki. Adaptation and Direction : Maciej Adamczyk and Katarzyna Pawłowska, 2004.
      • Warsaw, Towarzystwo Kultury Teatralnej. Adaptation and Direction : Przemysław Wiśniewski and Alina Czyżewska, 2004.
      • Warsaw. Le Madame. Adaptation and Direction : Tomasz Gawron, 2004.
      • Warsaw, Teatr Narodowy, Scena przy Wierzbowej. Performed as Błądzenie. Adapted also from Gombrowicz’s Diaries, Ferdydurke, History, Princess Ivona, Operetta, A Kind of Testament, and A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes. Adaptation and Direction : Jerzy Jarocki, 2004.
      • Słupsk, Nowy Teatr. Adaptation and Direction : Przemysław Wiśniewski, 2005.

Netherlands

      • Haarlem. Performed as Witold/Maagdelijkheid. Adaptation and Direction : Waas Gramser and Kris van Trier, 1991.

Germany

      • see Dunkerque, France, 2000.

United States

      • Los Angeles, The Center for Theater Research and Performance. University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Performed as Meditations on Virginity. Adaptation and Direction : Michael Hackett, 2004.
  •  ADVENTURES 
    Przygody
      • no record of adaptations for performance to date
  •  THE EVENTS ON THE BANBURY 
    Zdarzenia na brygu Banbury
    • STAGE ADAPTATIONS

France

      • Lyon, Théâtre de Venisseux, Salle Erik Satie. Performed as Mémoires du temps de l’immaturité. Adapted also from The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki, Dinner at Countess Pavahoke’s, Philidor’s Child Within, and Ferdydurke. Adaptation and Direction : Anne Courel, 1991.

Poland

      • Warsaw, Teatr Nowy. Performed as Cząber z Gombra. Adapted also from History, The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki, and Virginity. Adaptation and Direction : Adam Hanuszkiewicz, 1992.
      • Cracow, Teatr im. Juliusza Słowackiego. Also adapted from History. Adaptation and Direction : Grzegorz Wiśniewski, 1999.
      • Wrocław, Teatr Polski. Adaptation and Direction : Ula Kijak, 2004.
  •  PHILIDOR’S CHILD WITHIN 
    Filidor dzieckiem podszyty
      • see also adaptations of Ferdydurke
    • STAGE ADAPTATIONS

France

      • Grenoble, Théâtre de la Transparence. Performed as Bakakaï. Adapted also from Filidor’s Child Within and Virginity. Adaptation and Direction : Pascal Henry, 1985.
      • Lyon, Théâtre de Venisseux, Salle Erik Satie. Performed as Mémoires du temps de l’immaturité. Adapted also from The Memoirs of Stefan Czarniecki, Dinner at Countess Pavahoke’s,The Events on the Banbury, and Ferdydurke. Adaptation and Direction : Anne Courel, 1991.
  •  PHILIBERT’S CHILD WITHIN 
    Filibert dzieckiem podszyty
      • no record of adaptations for performance to date ; see also adaptations of Ferdydurke
  •  ON THE KITCHEN STEPS 
    Na kuchennych schodach)
    • ADAPTATIONS FOR FILM, TELEVISION, AND RADIO

Poland

      • Warsaw, Teatr Polskiego Radia ; Polskie Radio, Program II. Adaptation : Witold Malesa. Director : Paweł Łysak, 1997.
    • STAGE ADAPTATIONS

Poland

      • Katowice, Teatr Śląski. Performed as Dziewictwo na kuchennych schodach. Adapted also from Virginity. Adaptation and Direction : Jacek Bunsch, 1998.
  •  THE RAT 
    Szczur
    • STAGE ADAPTATIONS

Poland

      • Dzierżoniów, Dzierdżoniowski Dom Kulturz, Teatr Exa. Adaptation and Direction : Beata Chebzda, 1994.
      • Gdynia, Teatr Miejski im. Witolda Gombrowicza. Adaptation and Direction : Ula Kijak, 2004.
  •  THE BANQUET 
    Bankiet
    • STAGE ADAPTATIONS

Poland

      • Olsztyn, Pantomima Olsztynska/Pantomimy Głuchych. Adaptation : Bohdan Głuszczak. Directors : Bohdan Głuszczak and Jacek Wierzbicki, 1982.
      • Łódź, Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna, 1997.

France

      • Grenoble, Théâtre de la Transparence. Performed as Bakakaï. Adapted also from Filidor’s Child Within and Virginity. Adaptation and Direction : Pascal Henry, 1985.
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