The Miser
The Miser (2012) was a theatre production by Grenland Friteater, based on the play by Jean-Baptiste Molière. The production was the main project by Grenland Friteater during Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival in 2012.
Information
(Objekt ID 30970)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | June 6, 2012 |
| Produced by | Grenland Friteater |
| Based on | The Miser by Jean-Baptiste Molière |
| Audience | Adults, Families, Youth |
| Audience size | 2175 |
| Number of events | 11 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Comedy |
| Running period | June 6, 2012 — June 15, 2013 |
| Duration | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Website | Grenland friteater |
At the webpage of Grenland Friteater the following, among other things, is written about The Miser:
"Is it possible to be so greedy you will marry your only daughter off to a man who is old and stubborn, but rich? To become so greedy you try to steal your son's girlfriend, not because you love her, but because her low-cost lifestyle makes her a suitable bride?
When father and son all of a sudden hunt in the same fields, the activity-filed house turns up its pace, with unpredictable servants, dubious friends, loan sharks, go-betweens entering the game with escalating speed. Who is really the greediest? Doesn't greed operate in different disguises?
The 344 year old classic is actually about love, too. Will the young ones, who really love each other, get each other in the end? Or will gold and greed win out?"
Source:
Grenland Friteater, grenlandfriteater.com, 24.09.2012, http://www.grenlandfriteater.com/show_details.asp?eID=976&ID=1773
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Lars Vik | – Text (Nye sangtekster) |
| Lars Vik | – Adapted by |
| Lars Vik | – Direction |
| Guttorm Guttormsen | – Music |
| Guro Dale | – Stage design |
| Mona Irene Grimstad | – Stage design |
| Maria Løkken | – Stage design |
| Mona Irene Grimstad | – Costume design |
| Jean Vincent Kerebel | – Lighting design |
| Geddy Aniksdal | – Actor (Frikk) |
| Even Bolstad | – Actor (Valère) |
| Carl Henrik Ekblom | – Actor (Herr Anselme / Simon / En politikommissar) |
| Anne-Sophie Erichsen | – Actor (Frosine) |
| Olav Hanto | – Actor (Mester Sjakk) |
| Kjersti Høgli | – Actor (Elise) |
| Leif Arild Sanden | – Actor (Harpagon) |
| Anne Storberget | – Actor (Mariane) |
| Tobias Vik | – Actor (Cleante) |
| Guttorm Guttormsen | – Musician (Saksofon, klarinett og perkusjon) |
| Rune Klakegg | – Musician (Trekkspill og perkusjon) |
| Magne Rutle | – Musician (Trombone og perkusjon) |
| Jonas Borgan Olsen (from 2012 to 2012) | – Stage manager |
| Agnar Ribe | – Technician |
| Hans Petter Eliassen | – Producer |
| Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival | June 6, 2012 |
Lillian Bikset, Den sjenerøse gjerrige (literally: The generous miser), Dagbladet, 8. juni 2012, http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/06/08/kultur/scene/sceneanmeldelse/anmeldelser/teater/21982619/:
"The Miser has become generous theatre (...) a jester performance one can very well laugh at today, too."