Jeppe

Jeppe is a theatre production by The Norwegian Theatre, produced in 2014, and based on the play by Lothar Trolle.

Uwe Cramer directs it, and Kyrre Hellum acts in the title role.

Information

(Objekt ID 41707)
Object type Production
Premiere October 16, 2014
Produced by The Norwegian Theatre
Based on Jeppe by Lothar Trolle; Jeppe on the Hill by Ludvig Holberg
Audience Adults
Audience size 983
Number of events 14
Language Norwegian Nynorsk
Keywords Theatre, Comedy
Running period October 16, 2014  
Website Det Norske Teatret
More

At the webpage of The Norwegian Theatre the following, among other things, is written about Jeppe:

"When Ludvig Holberg wrote his comedy about Jeppe of the Hill in 1722, the political system was as much in crisis as Europe is today. Tyranny, hypocrisy, contempt for humans, suppression, lack of knowledge and homeless soldiers recently returned from war, and last, but not least, intoxication, this hunger for calming intoxication. All of this still exists.

The German playwright Lothar Trolle has moved the conflict and the core issues to our time and age. His version was written sometime during the early 1980es for Volksbühne (at the time in Eastern Berlin in the state of East Germany). The play was banned. Not too surprising, as Holberg's Master Erik became 'Uncle Erich' (Honecker). Now, strangely enough, it has its world premiere here at The Norwegian Theatre."

SOURCES:

The Norwegian Theatre, www.detnorsketeatret.no, 04.10.2014, http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/index.php?option=com_play&view=play&playid=428&tab=1

Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 21.08.2014

Contributors (17)
Name Role
Ludvig Holberg – Author
Lothar Trolle – Playwright
Carl Morten Amundsen – Translation
Uwe Cramer – Direction
Carl Morten Amundsen – Dramaturge
Tommy Olsson (kostyme) – Costume (Kostymekoordinator)
Øyvin Berven – Actor (Heinz, ein tenar hos Baronen)
Kyrre Hellum – Actor (Jeppe)
Glenn André Kaada – Actor (Holberg)
Trini Lund – Actor (Fru Kneipe / Hanne, ein tenar)
Randolf Walderhaug – Actor (Baronen)
Nina Woxholtt – Actor (Nille / Ein tenar hos Baronen)
Åse-Berit Litleskare – Props
Hedda Haaland – Stage manager
Pelle Dengsø – Stage Manager
Tryggve Ildahl – Stage Manager
Amund Sigurdssønn Karlsen – Prompter
Performance dates
October 16, 2014 19:00 – Scene 3 (tidligere Prøvesalen), The Norwegian Theatre Worldwide premiere