Bedre uten hund* (Better without a dog)
Bedre uten hund* (Better without a dog) (2003) is a production by Udhavn Teater (Udhavn Theatre). The production is a monologue in which Knut Walle plays the role of the sheet factory worker Blumfeld. The production builds on Franz Kafka's short story Blumfeld - an elderly bachelor and is dramatised by Allan Edwall.
Bedre uten hund was performed in Ny-Hellesund, Sandemosen stasjon, Teatret Vårt (Our Theatre), The Torshov Theatre, Drammen Theatre, the library of Arendal, the culture centre Asker kulturhus and Agder University College.
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 27234)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | 2003 |
| Produced by | Udhavn Teater (Udhavn Theatre) |
| Based on | Blumfeld - an elderly bachelor by Franz Kafka |
| Audience | Adults |
| Number of events | 54 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Monologue |
| Running period | 2003 — 2003 |
| Website | Udhavn Teater |
Udhavn Teater (Udhavn Theatre) writes the following about Bedre uten hund* (Better without a dog):
"The one-act play Bedre uten hund is built on the unfinished short story Blumfeld - an elderly bachelor and is about the very fastidious sheet factory worker Blumfeld.
He has just gotten home from work and is wondering if he should have had a dog to break the monotony of loneliness. He argues for and against, but the minuses outdo the pluses.
Still, yearning for company he listens to all the sounds outside the door of his flat, and one day it actually knocks - it never has before. But this very company it is extremely necessary for him to get rid of."
Source:
Udhavn Teater (Udhavn Theatre), www.knutwalle.no, 06.03.2012, http://www.knutwalle.no/hund.htm
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Allan Edwall | – Dramatised by |
| Kristina Kjeldsberg | – Direction |
| Audun Rossvoll | – Stage design |
| Karen Valeur | – Stage design |
| Kurt Hermansen | – Light |
| Knut Walle | – Actor |
| Karen Valeur | – Producer |
| 2003 | Opening night |