The Memoirs of a Breadman part 3: Mattrhorn

The Memoirs of a Breadman part 3: Mattrhorn is a play by Johan Harstad. The play is technically a dialogue, but the two actors with lines both play the character of the Baker, speaking to himself, which turns the play into some kind of monologue. Mrs. Martinez, who was also in The Memoirs of a Breadman part 1: Akapulco and The Memoirs of a Breadman part 2: Ellis Iland also appears in Mattrhorn, but she has no lines aside from a scream midway into the performance.

Mattrhorn is the last part of a trilogy. It is an expansive work which has grown through several years of writing, workshops and test performances/previews.

Action: The baker has fled New York City after being suspected of killing a number of immigrants. The two actors who play him sit on a bench atop the mountain Mattrhorn, discussing what has happened and where to go. During the play a pregnant Mrs. Martinez crawls across the stage. Most of the lines in the play are more or less meaningless exclamations, such as well, well, nah and so it can be, and the play has many similarities to Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. At a time, the baker also discusses this play, wondering if he has seen it or not.

The Memoirs of a Breadman was nominated for The Norwegian Ibsen Award AKA The Ibsen Prize 2012.

Sources:

Wikipedia, wikipedia.org, 30.06.2011, http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brødmannens_memoarer_del_3:_Matterhorn

Sceneweb on The Norwegian Ibsen Award AKA The Ibsen Prize, http://www.sceneweb.no/en/award/11725/The_Norwegian_Ibsen_Award_AKA_The_Ibsen_Prize