Philoctetes

Philoctetes (1996) was a production by Verdensteatret. Philoctetes was based on a text by the same name, written by John Jesurun.

Information

(Objekt ID 24606)
Object type Production
Premiere 1996
Produced by Verdensteatret
Coproducers BIT Teatergarasjen
Based on The Answering Machine by Finn Iunker; Philoctetes by John Jesurun
Audience Adults
Language Norwegian
Keywords Performance, Theatre
Running period 1996  —  1998
Website VERDENSTEATRET

Requirements to venue

Blackout Yes
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In the spring program of BIT Teatergarasjen the following is written about Philoctetes:

"Philoctetes is based on a text by the American playwright John Jesurum, paraphrasing the Greek myth of Philoctetes and the Sophocles tragedy by the same name. Sophocles tells of the Greek warrior Philoctetes who during the conquest of Troy was bitten by a snake and left at the island Lemnos by Odysseus. After ten years Odysseus returns to fetch Philoctetes, and the meeting between them is by Verdensteatret described as an autopsy of a dying person's life and an imperialist war having lost its direction."

Philoctetes (in Norwegian spelled Philoktetes, sometimes Filoktetes) was a Greek hero, known as an able archer during the Trojan War: He was the one who killed Paris. According to legend, he was so powerful because he had his bow and arrow from Heracles.

In addition to being mentioned in two plays by Sophocles he is also a character in plays by Euripides and Aeschylus. He is also mentioned in Homer's Iliad.

Sources:

Verdensteatret, verdensteatret.no, 14.11.2011, http://www.verdensteatret.com/philoktetes.html

The archive of Verdensteatret, donated by Verdensteatret, 05.10.2011

Spring program 1998, BIT Teatergarasjen

Store Norske Leksikon on Philoctetes, http://snl.no/Filoktetes

Contributors (15)
Name Role
Finn Iunker – Playwright
John Jesurun – Playwright
Antti Bjørn – Co-creator
Lisbeth Bodd – Co-creator
Morten Cranner – Co-creator
Preben Faye-Schjøll – Co-creator
Jean Vincent Kerebel – Co-creator
Marius Kjos – Co-creator
Ulf Knudsen – Co-creator
Martin Lundberg – Co-creator
Asle Nilsen – Co-creator
Morten Pettersen – Co-creator
Ellen Røed – Co-creator
Petter Steen – Co-creator
Halldis Ólafsdóttir – Co-creator
Performance dates
September 5, 1998 20:00 – Teaterhuset Avant Garden Show
March 12, 1998 20:00 – BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk Show
March 10, 1998 20:00 – BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk Show
May 10, 1997Tråstadhallen, Kongsvinger, The Theatre Festival in Kongsvinger Show
1997Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater Show
1997Pustervikteatern Show
1996Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater Opening night
Festivals (1)