Peer Gynt, hvem er du? (Peer Gynt, who are you?)
Peer Gynt, hvem er du?* (Peer Gynt, who are you?) (2001) was a theatre production by Peerinor Produksjoner, based on Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen, in a shortened and simplified version by Sylvia Salvesen and Jan Øystein Wiig. The production opened at one of Ibsen's early homes, at Snipetorp in Skien, and was later performed at Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival 2003, among other places.
Wiig and Salvesen described the production as an informal theatre game for children, based on the first part of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt. Peer Gynt, hvem er du? was a simple and intimate production, with a direct and spontaneous style of acting.
*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 5768)| Object type | Production |
| Produced by | Peerinor Produksjoner |
| Audience | Children |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Performance for children, Theatre |
| Running period | 2001 |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
In Peer Gynt, hvem er du?* (Peer Gynt, who are you?) by Peerinor Produksjoner the audience met the actors Jan Ø. Wiig as Peer Gynt and Sylvia Salvesen as Mother Aase, Solveig, The Green-Clad Woman, The Old Man of the Dovre and others. The spectators got to experience the young Peer’s fantasies, dreams, creativity, his relationship to his surroundings and not least himself.
With experience from theatres such as The National Theatre of Norway, Ibsen Theatre, Rogaland Theatre, movies and TV, the actors Sylvia Salvesen and Jan Ø. Wiig have more than 60 years of experience from theatre put together. Together they make up Peerinor Produksjoner.
SOURCE:
Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival, www.pit.no, 31.08.2010, http://2003.pit.no/vis_tstykke.asp?ProgType=1&stykke=Peer%20Gynt,%20hvem%20er%20du
*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Sylvia Salvesen | – Adapted by |
| Jan Ø. Wiig | – Adapted by |
| Sylvia Salvesen | – Actor |
| Jan Ø. Wiig | – Actor |
| June 21, 2003 | Show |
| June 20, 2003 | Show |
| June 19, 2003 | Show |
| June 18, 2003 | Show |
| June 17, 2003 | Show |
| June 16, 2003 | Show |
Writer and date unknown, Agderposten:
"Peer Gynt captivated the children"
Writer and date unknown, Grimstad Adressetidende:
"Involving, live, fun and exciting, an introduction to the drama of Ibsen that should be mandatory for all primary schools."