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WITOLD GOMBROWICZ (1904 - 1969) |
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Nationality: Polish Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Novelist, playwright and philosopher. Witold Gombrowicz was described as a Catholic born anti-cleric and anti-establishment figure. He was in Argentina attending a chess tournament when the Germans invaded Poland and remained there in exile. His works were banned in Poland both by the Nazis and later the Communists. His plays did not get performed there until the mid 1970s. He was openly bisexual.
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Witold Gombrowicz
Ferdydurke | ||
| 1st Produced: | 13 Feb 2007 | |||||
Company: | Teatr Provisorium | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63316 | |||
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Genre: | Gay drama full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 4 actors | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz | |||||
Synopsis: | adapted from the 1937 satire. A repressed 30 year old writer is sent back as an adult to his schooldays. His crazy schoolboy antics and his first crush on another boy. | |||||
Further Reference: | TR 27/2007 172 | |||||
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Ferdydurke | ||
| 1st Produced: | Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62004 | |||
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Genre: | Gay drama full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz | |||||
Synopsis: | a repressed 30 year old writer is sent back as an adult to his schooldays. His crazy schoolboy antics and his first crush on another boy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ferdydurke | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Harcourt Brace, New York, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #142506 | |||
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Genre: | Gay drama full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz | |||||
Synopsis: | A repressed 30 year old writer is sent back as an adult to his schooldays. His crazy schoolboy antics and his first crush on another boy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hell Meets Henry Halfway | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Company: | Pig Iron Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #156600 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz. Adapted by Adriano Shaplin in collaboration with Pig Iron theatre Company from Possessed | |||||
Synopsis: | The old Prince is dying. Henry, the Prince's secretary waits patiently for it to happen - he is expecting something in the will. Also waiting are the tennis coach, an over-sexed fiancée and a creepy alchemist | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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History | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | PAJ - The Journal of Performing Art number 58 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26025 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Translated with Allen Kuharski. Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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History | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | PaJ - the Journal of Performing art number 58, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #110858 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Translated with Dariusz Bukowski. Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Marriage, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hen and Chickens, London | 11 May 1994 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Playscript 34" Calder & Boyars, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780714506463 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17765 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz | |||||
| Henry a Polish soldier at the front in France in World War Two. He dreams himself back home where he becomes a dictator. He has his parents, fiancée and best friend jailed. He bans God and terrorises everyone. Then when he is lonely he realises what he has done. Can he make things right once more? | |||||
Further Reference: | TR 14/1994 577 | |||||
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Operetta | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Calder and Boyars 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780714507873 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #17765 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 24 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz | |||||
| a titled rake is after sweet Albertine who has a passion for falling asleep and dreaming of being nude | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Princess Ivona | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Playscript 13" Calder & Boyars, London, 1969 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0714506494 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #14723 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz; Written in collaboration with Catherine Robins | |||||
| In a two-fingered salute to the prejudices of his regal parents, Philip chooses ugly, cumbersome and painfully introverted Sharon as his unlikely fiancee. The castle is in uproar and, as events spiral out of control, extreme measures are called for | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Princess Ivona | ||
| 1st Produced: | Philadelphia | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15903 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz | |||||
Synopsis: | In a two-fingered salute to the prejudices of his regal parents, Philip chooses ugly, cumbersome and painfully introverted Sharon as his unlikely fiancee. The castle is in uproar and, as events spiral out of control, extreme measures are called for | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Princess Ivona | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Playscript 13" Calder & Boyars, London, 1969 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0714506494 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #154389 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz; Written in collaboration with Catherine Robins | |||||
| In a two-fingered salute to the prejudices of his regal parents, Philip chooses ugly, cumbersome and painfully introverted Sharon as his unlikely fiancee. The castle is in uproar and, as events spiral out of control, extreme measures are called for | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Princess Sharon | ||
| 1st Produced: | Purcell Room, London | 10 April 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #34902 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz (Princess Ivona) | |||||
Synopsis: | In a two-fingered salute to the prejudices of his regal parents, Philip chooses ugly, cumbersome and painfully introverted Sharon as his unlikely fiancee. the castle is in uproar and, as events spiral out of control, extreme measures are called for | |||||
Further Reference: | TR 17/1997 442 | |||||
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Princess Sharon | ||
| 1st Produced: | Irish Tour | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #30561 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Witold Gombrowicz (Princess Ivona) | |||||
Synopsis: | In a two-fingered salute to the prejudices of his regal parents, Philip chooses ugly, cumbersome and painfully introverted Sharon as his unlikely fiancee. The castle is in uproar and, as events spiral out of control, extreme measures are called for | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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