Sviker* (Traitor)
Sviker* (Traitor) (2018) was a theatre production by Haugesund Theatre and Scenekraft, the world premiere of a play by Marius Leknes Snekkevåg. The play and production are both subtitled Historien om en frontsøster* (The story of a front nurse). The premiere took place in the smallest venue in Festiviteten, Haugesund.
Elsa Aanesen directed it.
Nina Sele played the role of Astrid.
Sviker is the third play in Marius Leknes Snekkevåg's trilogy about Norway and World War II. Rabinowitz initiated the trilogy, followed by Jeg vil vaske verden ren* (I want to clean the world until it is pure). Rabinowitz was performed by Scenekraft in collaboration with Haugesund Theatre, Festiviteten and The Norwegian Theatre in 2011, and Jeg vil vaske verden ren was performed by Kilden Theatre in 2017.
Sviker was performed as a visiting performance at Teater Manu, Oslo, during the festival Heddadagene 2018.
*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 85241)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | April 12, 2018 |
| Produced by | |
| Coproducers | Haugesund Theatre |
| Based on | Sviker* (Traitor) by Marius Leknes Snekkevåg |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre |
| Running period | April 12, 2018 |
"Her whole life,Astrid has been carrying a dark secret. After World War II, she was prosecuted for treason for serving as a nurse for the German Red Cross during the war. The hour of reckoning is here. Why hasn't she told anyone?
Astrid is an elderly woman who leads an isolated life. Only a male nurse sometimes visits her. Suddenly, her son stands in her living room. He knows, and he demands answers. What did she participate in, at the front? The confrontation makes Astrid begin to lose her grasp of reality. Past and present begin to merge. All of a sudden, her son is not the only one in the room with her, there are others there, too… What is her real betrayal?
In 2015, 70 years had passed since the end of the war. January 1 the same year the national treason archive was opened for public use, and families were forced to see members in a new light. The front nurses again became a current topic in the book Himmlers valkyrjer (literally: Himmler's Valkyries) by Eirik Gripp Bay, published in November 2017. The book judges the acts. Sviker - historien om en frontsøster is not an attempt at passing judgement, but a meditation over a human life.
Playwright Marius Leknes Snekkevåg has written the text. He has written two earlier plays for Scenekraft, Rabinowitz (2011) and Heks* (Witch) (2012). Sviker - historien om en frontsøster* (Traitor - the story of a front nurse) is the last part of his trilogy about Norway during World War II, in which Rabinowitz made up the first part and Jeg vil vaske verden ren* (I want to clean the world until it is pure) (Kilden, 2017) the second. Rabinowitz was nominated for The Hedda Award in the production of the year category."
SOURCE:
Haugesund Theatre, 04.04.2018, www.haugesundteater.no, https://www.haugesund-teater.no/sviker-historien-om-en-frontsoster/
Heddadagene, www.heddadagene.no, 16.07.2018, https://www.heddadagene.no/kalender
*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Marius Leknes Snekkevåg | – Playwright |
| Elsa Aanensen | – Direction |
| Vegard Fossum | – Music |
| Halvor Lillesund | – Music |
| Vera Krohn Svaleng | – Dramaturge |
| Gjermund Andresen | – Stage design |
| Sabina Jacobsson | – Video/Film |
| Trygve Andersen | – Lighting design |
| Ola Magnus Gjermshus | – Actor |
| Nina Sele | – Actor (Astrid) |
| Elsa Aanensen | – Producer |
| Nuri Ribera Anfinsen | – Consultant (Bevegelseskonsulent) |
| June 16, 2018 – Teater Manus scene (Heddadagene) | Show |
| June 15, 2018 – Teater Manus scene (Heddadagene) | Show |
| April 12, 2018 – Intimscenen | Worldwide premiere |
| Heddadagene | June 15, 2018 |