Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment (1995) was a puppetry production by Dukkoppteatret in collaboration with The Arctic Theatre and Nordland Visual Theatre. It was based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in a theatrical adaption by Brit Steinsvik. The production was performed on tour in the counties of Troms and Nordland.

Anette Grønneberg directed it.

Information

(Objekt ID 51525)
Object type Production
Premiere October 7, 1995
Produced by
Coproducers Nordland Visual Theatre
In collaboration with The Arctic Theatre
Based on Crime and Punishment by Fjodor Mikhajlovitsj Dostojevskij
Audience Adults, Youth
Language Norwegian
Keywords Puppetry, Drama
Running period October 7, 1995  
More

In Crime and Punishment, rod puppets made of wood were used, as was simple stage design.

SOURCES:

Brit Steinsvik, home.online.no, 20.11.2015, http://home.online.no/~brits/leder.html

Buresund, Inger and Anne-Britt Gran (1996): Frie grupper og Black Box Teater. 1970-1995 (literally: Independent companies and Black Box Teater. 1970-1995), adNotam Gyldendal, Oslo

Nordland Visual Theatre: Figurteatret i Nordland:1991-2011 (literally: Nordland Visual Theatre 19912011), the county of Nordland and Nordland Visual Theatre, published by Orkana forlag AS, Stamsund 2011

Performance dates
October 31, 1995Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater Show
October 31, 1995Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater Show
October 30, 1995Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater Show
October 30, 1995Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater Show
October 29, 1995Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater Show
October 29, 1995Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater Show
October 28, 1995Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater Show
October 28, 1995Store scene (Vika), Black Box teater Show
October 21, 1995 20:00 – Biscenen i Gamle Kristiansand Teater/kulturhuset Teateret (International Puppetry Festival ) Show
October 7, 1995Figurteateret i Nordland, Nordland Visual Theatre Opening night
Festivals (1)
Press coverage

Writer and date unknown, 1995, Klassekampen [Oslo]: 
"Can Dostoyevsky's great novel about the student Raskolnikov become puppetry? The answer is yes, if it is done with sufficient talent. The production is performed with rod puppets, held by one hand, while one of the puppet's hands is steered by a rod. In themselves, the puppets are small pieces of art, with expressions and the opportunity for expression. In parts of the performance, the puppets' voices are recorded. In others, the puppeteers give voice to the puppets. The style of acting is mixed. Some is performed as shadow theatre, other parts as ordinary puppetry. [...] The performance has moments of beauty, high artistic ambitions and an artful seriousness that, in combination with the total expression, strikes through and leaves us rather impressed. We are not in doubt that we have witnessed a talented, daring artistic work."