The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth (2007) by d-moor, text by Luigi Pirandello. The Man with a Flower in His Mouth was a theatre production opening with two men meeting each other for the first time. They are in a café open during night hours, and begin to talk about seemingly trivial things. During the conversation unease spreads slowly and a woman show up to provoke bitter confessions and racy revelations.
Information
(Objekt ID 883)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | October 9, 2007 |
| Produced by | D-Moor Productions |
| Based on | The Man with the Flower in His Mouth by Luigi Pirandello |
| Audience | Youth, Adults (from 14) |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Dance, Chamber play, Tragicomedy/Seriocomedy |
| Running period | 2007 |
| Website | D-MOOR Company: tidligere produksjoner |
Requirements to venue
| Rigging time | 180 minutes |
| Downrigging time | 60 minutes |
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth is a one-act play by Luigi Pirandello. It was translated to Norwegian for the occasion by director Jørn Riegels Vimpel.
Besides the well-known Six Characters in Search of an Author, it is not often that we see Pirandello's texts performed on the Norwegian stage. Director Jørn Riegels Vimpel has returned to Norway after seven years in Italy, and has brought with him a new translation and dramatisation of Pirandello's play The Man with the Flower in His Mouth from 1923.
This one-act is a compact and direct theatre performance in which one can clearly sense Pirandello's penetrating existential voice. This dramatisation of the piece balances on the border between reality and the beyond. The situation is clear - it is a triangle drama with one woman and two men - but it is far from realism. The dialogue can be called realistic, but what we see could never have taken place. Yet even so, this piece points towards a reality we all recognize.
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth was supported by Arts Council Norway, The Audio Visual Fund, The Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo and The Fund for Performing Artists.
Source:
d-moor, dmoor.com, 15.11.2010, http://dmoor.com/past_prod.php?lang=no
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Luigi Pirandello | – Playwright |
| Robin Riegels | – Translation |
| Robin Riegels | – Direction |
| Electa Woodbridge Behrens | – Actor |
| Rasmus Jørgensen | – Actor |
| Nils Petter Mørland | – Actor |
| Navember 14, 2008 – Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) | Show |
| February 24, 2008 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| February 23, 2008 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| February 22, 2008 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| February 21, 2008 – Lille scene (Marstrandgata), Black box teater | Show |
| Navember 8, 2007 – St. Croix-huset, Fredrikstad | Show |
| October 19, 2007 – Asker Kulturhus | Show |
| October 18, 2007 – Asker Kulturhus | Show |
| October 9, 2007 – Amfisal, Nøtterøy Kulturhus | Opening night |