Moby Dick

Moby Dick is a theatre production by Trøndelag Theatre, produced in 2014, and based on a novel by Herman Melville.

Ole Johan Skjelbred adapted the novel for the theatre, and also directed the production.

Skjelbred was nominated for The Hedda Award 2015 in the best stage text category for his adaption.

Information

(Objekt ID 41429)
Object type Production
Premiere September 27, 2014
Produced by Trøndelag Theatre
Based on Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Audience Adults
Language Norwegian
Keywords Theatre, Drama
Running period September 27, 2014  
Website Trøndelag Teater
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At the webpage of Trøndelag Theatre the following, among other things, is written about Moby Dick:

"Moby Dick (1851) is one of the great fiascos of literary history. Herman Melville's gigantic novel was badly reviewed, it sold nothing, and was the beginning of the end of Melville's short career as a writer; after a few years he stopped publishing books and took a job as a customs inspector. Melville himself called Moby Dick an evil book. Today it is regarded as a classic and one of the great American novels.

Captain Akab obsessively hunts Moby Dick, the white whale that once bit his legs and genitals off. Akab's hatred infects the rest of the crew of the whaling boat Pequod. Soon every person's destiny is determined by the whale, which according to myth is ever-present and immortal, and which carries the 'colourless all-colour of atheism'. The boat goes towards doom, towards the meeting with the white whale.

Moby Dick is a grandioso, abundant work, filled with symbolism, endless digressions, lexical narratives, horror and superstition.

Countless grand-scale ambitious theatre versions, movies, operas and even musicals have been made from Melville's novel - made up of an ocean of actors and gigantic sea animals. Trøndelag Theatre's version is ambitious in another manner, as only four performers are to guide us through the demanding journey of Pequod's."

Kine Bendixen was meant to act in the production, but was replaced by Kenneth Homstad shortly before the opening, due to illness.

SOURCE:

Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 11.08.2014

Trøndelag Theatre, trondelag-teater.no, 11.08.2014, http://trondelag-teater.no/forestillinger/moby-dick/

The Hedda Award, heddaprisen.no, 20.05.2015, http://www.heddaprisen.no/pub/heddaprisen/main/?aid=1306

Contributors (20)
Name Role
Herman Melville – Author
Ole Johan Skjelbred – Dramatised by
Bjørn Alex Herrman – Translation
Ole Johan Skjelbred – Direction
Matilde Holdhus – Dramaturge
Anders Schille – Sound design
Jon Platou Selvig – Sound design
Gøril Nordgaard – Lighting design
Kenneth Homstad – Actor
Espen Klouman Høiner – Actor
Herbert Nordrum – Actor
Kjersti Tveterås – Actor
Ingeborg Hopshaug – Mask design
Karianne Barstad – Props
Erik Johansen – Stage manager
Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard – Photo
Jomar Johansen – Technical Crew
Hanna Marie Sønderland – Prompter
Marco Vaglieri – Consultant (Visuell konsulent)
Ane Aasheim – Consultant (Kostymekonsulent)
Performance dates
Navember 29, 2014Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) visiting performance
Navember 28, 2014Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) visiting performance
September 27, 2014 18:30 – Studioscenen, Trøndelag Teater, Trøndelag Theatre Opening night