The Maids
The Maids is a production by the performing arts company Kompani Krapp in collaboration with Black Moon Theatre Company.
Information
(Objekt ID 23981)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | October 6, 2011 |
| Produced by | Kompani Krapp, Black Moon Theatre Company |
| Based on | The Maids by Jean Genet |
| Audience | Adults |
| Keywords | Theatre, Drama |
| Running period | October 6, 2011 |
At the webpage of Kompani Krapp one can read the following about The Maids:
"The Maids caused a scandal when it opened in Paris in 1947, because of its strong description of the simmering dissatisfaction of the working class.
This dark, sombre play tells the story of two sisters who are maids in an overclass home in Paris. During night they are involved in a secret revenge ritual while their mistress is not present. The story follows the sisters as they weave through past and present, fiction and imagination, truth and lies, and eventually, revelation and flight. For Solange and Claire the ritual becomes reality as they face the ultimate challenge, in the form of despair, jealousy, hatred and sisterly love."
The production is a collaboration project between Kompani Krapp and The Black Moon Theatre Company from New York. The Maids was performed at Scene USF in Bergen in October 2011, and is to be performed in New York during the autumn of 2012.
Source:
Kompani Krapp, www.krapp.no 16.10.11:
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Rene Migliaccio | – Direction |
| Fredrik Sivertsen | – Stage design |
| Pernile Adine Nordby | – Costume design |
| Thomas Bendiksen | – Lighting design |
| Kristine Nordby Simonsen | – Actor |
| Beate Bednar | – Actor |
| Marie Grung | – Actor |
| Pernile Adine Nordby | – Mask design |
| Marianne Melhuus Olderkjær | – Assistant |
| Ina T. L. Grevstad | – Main producer |
| October 6, 2011 – Scene USF, USF Verftet | Opening night |