Hilde og Erhart* (Hilde and Erhart)
Hilde og Erhart* (Hilde and Erhart) is a production by Theatre Nova after a text by Birte Svatun, inspired by three plays by Henrik Ibsen.
Simone Thiis directed it.
Hilde is the lonely, vulnerable and eccentric girl of Henrik Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea (1888) and The Master Builder (1892). Erhart is the son who attempts to liberate himself from his parents to live his own life in John Gabriel Borkman (1896). While Hilde longs for love, Erhart longs for freedom. In Hilde og Erhart the two young persons meet and the story is told with their voices.
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 1255)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | May 27, 2006 |
| Produced by | Theatre Nova |
| Based on | The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen; John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen |
| Audience | Youth (from 13 to 16) |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Performance for youth |
| Running period | May 27, 2006 |
| Duration | 55 minutes |
| Website | Teater Nova |
Requirements to venue
| Minimum stage width | 10m |
| Minimum stage depth | 8m |
| Minimum stage height | 3m |
| Blackout | Yes |
| Rigging time | 90 minutes |
| Downrigging time | 60 minutes |
| Audience | 100 |
Hilde og Erhart* (Hilde and Erhart) by Theatre Nova is set in a contemporary gym, where Hilde and Erhart meet.
Ibsen’s drama is dizzyingly timeless, and the challenges Hilde and Erhart face, are the same as youth of today stand in front of:
*Liberation from the family
*One’s own needs against the parents’ need and wishes.
*Duties and ties.
*The relationship to a stepfather or stepmother.
*Family secrets.
*Mourning and longing.
*Joy of living and the power of living.
While Hilde grows up with a distant father, doctor Wangel, and a stepmother, Ellida, who always wishes she were someplace else, Erhart is in a situation in which his parents and an aunt cling ruthlessly to him. As a child he has to respond to their every need and longing for power, love and revenge.
SOURCES:
The National Library of Norway, performance poster digitised by The National Library of Norway, transferred to Sceneweb 20.06.2016
Theatre Nova, teaternova.no, 30.11.2010, http://teaternova.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72&Itemid=92
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Simone Thiis | – Direction |
| Thea Elisabeth Skallevold | – Choreography |
| Birte Svatun | – Dramaturge |
| Sunniva Bodvin | – Stage design |
| Astrid Mørland | – Costume design |
| Tor Erik Lieng | – Actor (Erhart) |
| Benedikte Lindbeck | – Actor (moren til Erhart) |
| Janne Beate Starup Bønes | – Actor (Hilde) |
| Simone Thiis | – Producer |
| May 29, 2006 – Papirhuset Teater | Show |
| May 28, 2006 – Papirhuset Teater | Show |
| May 27, 2006 – Papirhuset Teater | Worldwide premiere |