Elizabeth Costello – Sept leçons et cinq contes moraux
J. M. Coetzee / Krzysztof Warlikowski
Elizabeth Costello – a fictional novelist appearing in the work of Nobel Prize-winning author John Maxwell Coetzee – is much more than just a literary character conjured by a mischievous writer.
She is Coetzee’s alter ego, his sword and shield: the one who speaks on his behalf and withstands the criticisms and anger of his readers and academic polemicists. She is the one who slips into his imagination and travels between the pages to talk to us about philosophy, the environment, social and existential questions, drawing our attention to the fate of animals, social injustice, the exclusion of the elderly, the disabled. Elizabeth Costello is free. She is the one who appears in texts that were never intended for her. She is like a ghost, a specter. Perhaps she is a dybbuk – that spirit from Jewish mythology that inhabits the body of an individual to whom it remains attached.
A recurring character in the work of Krzysztof Warlikowski, could Elizabeth Costello also be his dybbuk? But while she seems to haunt him almost as often as she does the writer who brought her to life, no play has ever been dedicated to her.
By dedicating a full-fledged performance to her, the master of Polish theater takes the logical step in a process whose magnitude he may not have anticipated when he granted her a place at the heart of his immense theatrical work.
die haar tot leven riep, is er nooit een stuk aan haar gewijd.
Door haar een volwaardige voorstelling te geven, zet de Poolse theatermeester de logische stap van een proces waarvan hij misschien niet had verwacht dat het zo’n omvang zou krijgen toen hij haar een plaats gaf in zijn immense theateroeuvre.
Calendar
Tarifs
- Plein tarif 31 €
- 65ans+/Carte prof/Groupe10+ 26 €
- -30ans/Pro/Dem.d'emploi 13 €
- Groupe scolaire 8 €
- -15ans 7 €
- Etudiants Conservatoires Art de la parole 5 €
Distributions
With Mariusz Bonaszewski, Magdalena Cielecka, Andrzej Chyra, Ewa Dalkowska, Bartosz Gelner, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, Maja Komorowska, Hiroaki Murakami, Maja Ostaszewska, Ewelina Pankowska, Jacek Poniedziałek, Magdalena Popławska
Direction Krzysztof Warlikowski
Set and costumes Malgorzata Szczęśniak
Text based on Elizabeth Costello, Slow Man, Moral Tales by J.M. Coetzee: Krzysztof Warlikowski, Piotr Gruszczynski
Collaboration Łukasz Chotkowski, Mateusz Górniak, Anna Lewandowska
Dramaturgy Piotr Gruszczynski
Artistic collaboration Claude Bardouil
Music Paweł Mykietyn
Lighting design Felice Ross
Video and animations Kamil Polak
Makeup Monika Kaleta
Assistant director Jeremi Pedowicz
Stage manager Łukasz Jóźków
Technical director Paweł Kamionka
Sound Mirosław Burkot
Lighting Dariusz Adamski
Video Tomasz Jóźwin
Subtitles Zofia Szymanowska
French translation Margot Carlier
English translation Artur Zapałowski
Copyright Elizabeth Costello © 2003 by J.M. Coetzee
Copyright Slow Man © 2005 by J.M. Coetzee
Copyright Moral Tales © 2017 by J.M. Coetzee
Copyright of the interview © 2018 by J.M. Coetzee; Soledad Costantini
Organized by Peter Lampack Agency, Inc.
Elizabeth Costello translated into Polish by Zbigniew Batko
Slow Man translated into Polish by Magdalena Konikowska
As a Woman Grows Older, Vanity, The Glass Abattoir translated into Polish by Jacek Poniedziałek
The video Anywhere Out of the World (2000) by Philippe Parreno was used in the performance.
Production Nowy Teatr
Coproduction Schauspiel Stuttgart, Festival d’Avignon, Théâtre de Liège, La Colline théâtre national Paris, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Athens Epidaurus Festival, Malta Festival Poznań 2024
Partners Kinoteka, IAM, Culture.pl, Institut Français de Pologne
Co-financed by: the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Cultural Promotion Fund – a state fund.
Co-financed by: the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
The Adam Mickiewicz Institute is the main partner of the European tour 2024/25 of Elizabeth Costello.
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