Jeg tar din hånd i min* (I take your hand in mine)
Jeg tar din hånd i min* (I take your hand in mine) (2012) is a production by Fabula.
Jeg tar din hånd i min is based on love letters between Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper.
The writer and playwright Anton Chekhov had close relations to many women, but actress Olga Knipper was who became his great love and his wife. They knew each other only for six years, and were married for four. Because of his tuberculosis they were forced to live apart for large periods of time during their short life together, he in Yalta by The Black Sea, she in Moscow, by the theatre. They wrote more than 400 letters for each other.
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 31899)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | October 19, 2012 |
| Produced by | Fabula |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Chamber play |
| Running period | October 19, 2012 |
In Jeg tar din hånd i min* (I take your hand in mine) by Fabula the audience gets insight in two different artists in a time of change within the theatre.
Conflicts, jealousy, distance, illness and death hanging as a threat above them; that was what became their existence. Through writing letters they stayed in touch.
Jeg tar din hånd i min by Fabula was supported by: The Freedom of Expression Foundation Fritt Ord, The Fund for Performing Artists, The Audio Visual Fund.
Source:
E-mail from Fabula, 16.10.2012
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Carol Rocamora | – Script |
| Annabelle Rice | – Direction |
| Hege Rimestad | – Composition |
| Eva Dons | – Music |
| Eva Dons | – Actor (Hun) |
| Randolf Walderhaug | – Actor (Han) |
| Hege Rimestad | – Musician |
| Ulf Bjørklid | – Consultant (Lys) |
| October 31, 2012 – Gamle Raadhus Scene / Rådhussalen, Oslo | Show |
| October 30, 2012 – Gamle Raadhus Scene / Rådhussalen, Oslo | Show |
| October 28, 2012 – Gamle Raadhus Scene / Rådhussalen, Oslo | Show |
| October 27, 2012 – Gamle Raadhus Scene / Rådhussalen, Oslo | Show |
| October 26, 2012 – Gamle Raadhus Scene / Rådhussalen, Oslo | Show |
| October 25, 2012 – Gamle Raadhus Scene / Rådhussalen, Oslo | Show |
| October 24, 2012 – Gamle Raadhus Scene / Rådhussalen, Oslo | Show |
| October 21, 2012 17:00 – Wergeland, The House of Literature | Show |
| October 20, 2012 15:00 – Wergeland, The House of Literature | Show |
| October 20, 2012 19:00 – Wergeland, The House of Literature | Show |
| October 19, 2012 19:00 – Wergeland, The House of Literature | National premiere, Norway |