| Title | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anmeldelse i Klassekampen av Visjoner Teaters produksjon "La maladie de la mort" (2010) | April 28, 2010 | Download |
The Malady of Death
The Malady of Death was produced by Visjoner Teater after a text by Marguerite Duras. The Malady of Death had its opening night in suite no. 254 in Grand Hotel in Oslo, April 22 2010.
Performers: Juni Dahr and Lars Øyno.
Intimate theatre with room for only 30 spectators per performance.
Information
(Objekt ID 62)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | April 22, 2010 |
| Produced by | Visjoner Teater |
| Based on | The Malady of Death by Marguerite Duras |
| Audience | Adults |
| Audience size | 540 |
| Number of events | 18 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre |
| Running period | April 22, 2010 — September 25, 2010 |
| Website | VISJONER TEATER |
The Malady of Death, Visjoner Teater:
Performing: Suite no. 254, Grand Hotel in Oslo April 22 – May 9 2010.
Text by Marguerite Duras, translation by: Kjell Helgheim
Instruction: Tonje Gotschalksen
Visual art: Gabrielle Kielland
Costumes: Silje Fjellberg
Producer: Marianne Roland
In her writing Marguerite Duras described love, sexuality and strong emotions. The Malady of Death powerfully and with a strong, erotic undercurrent describes the game between a man and a woman. We meet violent sensuality in a dream-like atmosphere.
How can we convey an erotically loaded text to the audience of today?
A man has paid a woman to join her in a room by the ocean. He wants to attempt loving, to seek himself through being with her. The text asks: Is it a mortal illness, not being able to love?
Marguerite Duras is known for texts including The Lover and Hiroshima, my love.
The production was supported by Arts Council Norway, the freedom of expression foundation Fritt Ord and the municipality of Oslo.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Marguerite Duras | – Author |
| Kjell Helgheim | – Translation |
| Juni Dahr | – Concept/Idea |
| Tonje Gotschalksen | – Direction |
| Gabrielle Kielland | – Visual design |
| Silje Fjellberg | – Costume design |
| Juni Dahr | – Actor |
| Lars Øyno | – Actor |
| Marianne Roland | – Photo |
| Marianne Roland | – Producer |
| September 25, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| September 24, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| May 9, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| May 8, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| May 7, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| May 6, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| May 5, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| May 4, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| May 2, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| May 1, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| April 30, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| April 29, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| April 23, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | Show |
| April 22, 2010 – Grand Hotel i Oslo, suite 254 | National premiere, Norway |
"It is penetrating, beautiful and awful (...) a text so heavy with erotic, the death wish and longing, one can barely breathe."
Vårt Land, Liv Riiser, April 24 2010
"One has to respect Visjoner's ambition to explore erotic in such a demanding, revealing intimate format."
Therese Bjørneboe, Aftenposten, April 25 2010
"With a silent, un-theatrical intensity Juni Dahr and Lars Øyno brings the violent, but really still unreleased erotic tension of the text to life. The interaction between them is strong, precise and finely tuned."
IdaLou Larsen, Klassekampen, April 28 2010