A Summer's Day
A Summer's Day (1999) was a theatre production by The Norwegian Theatre.
Gunnel Lindblom directed it.
A Summer's Day was the world premiere of Jon Fosse's play by the same title.
Information
(Objekt ID 33456)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | January 9, 1999 |
| Produced by | The Norwegian Theatre |
| Based on | A Summer's Day by Jon Fosse |
| Audience | Adults |
| Audience size | 6142 |
| Number of events | 47 |
| Language | Norwegian Nynorsk |
| Keywords | Theatre, Drama |
| Running period | January 9, 1999 |
| Website | DET NORSKE TEATRET |
At the webpage of The Norwegian Theatre the following, among other things, is written about A Summer's Day:
"A young married couple has moved from the noise of the big city to a house by the fjord. Recently the man has changed. He is distant and uneasy, and the woman can feel that something is wrong. One day he takes a boat trip, the way he often does. She waits and feels uneasy. Why doesn't he come back?
'The large nice house
The white nice house'
A Summer's Day is the second play by Jon Fosse having its world premiere at The Norwegian Theatre. The first one, Someone is Going to Come, was produced in 1996.
Human, fundamental situations
Head of the theatre, Vidar Sandem, writes this in the performance program: 'After Jon Fosse made his debut as a stage poet with And We'll Never Be Parted in 1994, one has spoken and written much about his particular language, that his language is the entire performing arts. I don't fully agree with this. Yes, Jon Fosse has a distinct language, his own voice, all good poets have. But what fascinates me with Jon Fosse is his way of describing humans, how he with his linguistic musical apparatus strikes chords of human fundamental situations and show them to us until they stand trembling onstage.'
Gunnel Lindblom
The direction of A Summer's Day is by Gunnel Lindblom. She has a long and diverse background as an actress in cinema and theatre and as a director. She made her debut at Gothenburg City Theatre in 1975, and is known from major parts in several Bergman movies and as Ylajali in Henning Carlsen's well-known film adaption of Hunger. She has been employed as an actress and later director at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. As a movie director she is behind Paradise Place, Sally and Freedom and Summer Nights, among other things. At The Norwegian Theatre she has formerly staged The Good Person of Szechwan (1975)."
Sources:
The Norwegian Theatre, detnorsketeatret.no, 15.02.2013, http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/index.php?option=com_play&view=play&playid=317
The book Teaterstykke 2 (literally: Theatrical Plays 2), Det Norske Samlaget (2001)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Jon Fosse | – Playwright |
| Gunnel Lindblom | – Direction |
| Egil Monn-Iversen | – Music |
| Charles Koroly | – Stage design |
| Charles Koroly | – Costume design |
| Terje Wolmer | – Lighting design |
| Ulrikke Greve | – Actor (Den eldre venninna) |
| Hallvard Holmen | – Actor (Asle) |
| Andrea Bræin Hovig | – Actor (Den unge venninna) |
| Henny Moan | – Actor (Den eldre kvinna) |
| Kristin Skogheim | – Actor (Den unge venninna (overtok etter Bræin Hovig)) |
| Sverre Solberg | – Actor (Mannen) |
| Ingunn Beate Øyen | – Actor (Den unge kvinna) |
| Ole Bøhn | – Musician (Fiolin) |
| Svenn Erik Kristoffersen | – Musician (Synthesizer) |
| Britt-Helen Riise | – Mask design |
| Helle Chr. Bakke | – Photo |
| August 4, 2000 – Hipp, Malmö Stadsteater | visiting performance |
| June 30, 2000 – Schauspielhalle Beuel, Theater Bonn (New Plays from Europe) | visiting performance |
| June 3, 2000 – Festspillteateret (Bergen International Festival) | visiting performance |
| June 2, 2000 – Festspillteateret (Bergen International Festival) | visiting performance |
| January 9, 1999 – Scene 2, Det Norske Teatret, The Norwegian Theatre | Worldwide premiere |
| New Plays from Europe | June 30, 2000 |
| Bergen International Festival | June 2, 2000 |