The Archaeologists
In The Archaeologists by Ibsen Theatre, written and directed by Lene Therese Teigen, four Norwegian archaeologists are attending a congress in Iceland, where they are confronted with the discovery of a woman, dated to year 930 or thereabouts.
This is a grand discovery of jewels and pearls, and the most special about it is that the woman is not buried, but found dead in a pile of stones in a mountain. Each of the four archaeologists is confronted with fundamental questions related to their scientific work, and not least to life and relations to other people.
Who knows the real truth? Can different interpretations exist as parallels, like in art, or is our mutual history met with a continuous, inhuman demand for truth?
Through meetings with each other, nature and history the four are forced to take new stands in how they live and think.
Information
(Objekt ID 7896)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | February 28, 2007 |
| Produced by | Ibsen Theatre |
| In collaboration with | The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) |
| Based on | The Archaeologists by Lene Therese Teigen |
| Audience | Adults, Youth |
| Audience size | 480 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre |
| Running period | February 28, 2007 |
| Website | Teater Ibsen |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
In the production The Archaeologists a real archaeological discovery is presented. The mountain wife was found in Iceland in July 2004. Archaeologists and other scientists still work to find answers, but a lot is yet uncertain.
The discovery is the largest individual discovery of jewels and pearls ever made in Iceland. In real life many different voices pose questions too: Who was this woman? In The Archaeologists factual information about the discovery is presented to the audience.
With The Archaeologists Ibsen Theatre attempts to challenge the idea that our history is truth. The production is about the archaeological practice, knowledge about The Viking Age, and the fundamental human wish to find truth.
The Archaeologists visited The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) in March 2009.
Source:
The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater), detapneteater.no, 28.10.2010, http://www.detapneteater.no/pub/daat/forestillinger/?aid=272&cid=17&sac=all&viewall=1#daat
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Lene Therese Teigen | – Playwright |
| Lene Therese Teigen | – Direction |
| Leif Winther | – Music |
| Halldis Hoaas | – Dramaturge |
| Tormod Lindgren | – Visual design (grafisk design) |
| Tormod Lindgren | – Stage design |
| Christina Lindgren | – Costume design |
| Tormod Lindgren | – Video/Film (videoprojeksjoner) |
| Leif Winther | – Sound design |
| Erik Spets Sandvik | – Lighting design |
| Kjersti Høgli | – Actor |
| Frank Lie | – Actor |
| Sylvia Salvesen | – Actor |
| Jan Ø. Wiig | – Actor |
| Leif Winther | – Actor |
| Julie A. Clark | – Mask design |
| Silje Steinsvik | – Props |
| Tormod Lindgren | – Photo |
| March 16, 2007 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| March 15, 2007 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| February 28, 2007 – Store scene, Festiviteten i Skien, Ibsen Theatre | Worldwide premiere |