Scenes from a Marriage

Scenes from a Marriage (2019) was a theatre production by Rogaland Theatre, based on a play and a TV series by Ingmar Bergman, in a version by Arne Lygre. The production was performed at the theatre's main stage.

Kjersti Horn directed it. She was nominated for The Hedda Award 2019 for her work on this production and on Will and Testament, The National Stage.

Nina Ellen Ødegård and Anders Dale played the roles of the married couple Marianne and Johan. Ødegård was nominated for The Hedda Award 2019 in the best leading actress category for the role.

A digital version of Scenes from a Marriage was released by Rogaland Theatre during the Corona crisis of 2020. You may read more about that here.

Scenes from a Marriage was revived May 25 2020, when Norwegian theatres were reopening, after having been shut due to Corona restrictions from March 12 2020. At the time of the revival, only events with a maximum of 50 spectators were permitted, to reduce risk due to the Corona pandemic.

Information

(Objekt ID 91655)
Object type Production
Premiere October 22, 2019
Produced by Rogaland Theatre
Based on Scenes from a Marriage by Ingmar Bergman
Audience Adults
Language Norwegian
Keywords Drama, Theatre, Corona-production
Running period October 22, 2019  —  May 28, 2020
Duration 2 hours, 40 minutes, no interval
Website Rogaland Teater
More

At the webpage of Rogaland Theatre the following, among other things, is written about Scenes from a Marriage:

"Chock-full of wisdom from life lived, and with not insignificant experience (Bergman was divorced four times), Ingmar Bergman confronted the relationship between husband and wife in 1973, in Scenes from a Marriage. The TV series became an unexpected success when people all over the world, married and unmarried, recognised themselves in the situation of the married couple Marianne and Johan.

This spring, director Kjersti Horn brings this legendary TV series to the stage. Nina Ellen Ødegård and Anders Dale play the roles Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson interpreted in the TV version. Alone onstage, in close interaction, the two actors bring us along, as the seemingly happy marriage between Marianne and Johan is dissolved.

Marriage problems is the basis of many stories. In Scenes from a Marriage, Ingmar Bergman goes to the core of it. With an arsonist's eagerness he throws in abortion, infidelity, lies, alcohol, fighting - so that it burns hot and well with all imaginable human weaknesses at the bottom of it: Jealousy, inferiority complexes, egotism, bitterness, pretentiousness and so on. In short: Everything that excites us in life.

The story is at least as strong today as it was 45 years ago, perhaps particularly because marriage has, in public discussion, regained some of its lost shimmer. It might be a bit clichéd to say that the contemporary spirit has regained its faith in love, but in Arne Lygre's version of this play, it is at least brutally in contact with reality."

SOURCES:

Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 19.03.2019

Rogaland Theatre, www.rogaland-teater.no, 19.03.2019, https://www.rogaland-teater.no/program/scener-fra-et-ekteskap-av-ingmar-bergman

The Hedda Award, www.heddaprisen.no, 16.10.19, https://www.heddaprisen.no/nominerte/2019

Contributors (16)
Name Role
Ingmar Bergman – Playwright
Arne Lygre – Adapted by
Arne Lygre – Translation
Kjersti Horn – Direction
Erik Hedin – Music
Sven Haraldsson – Stage design
Sven Haraldsson – Costume design
Erik Hedin – Sound design
Trygve Andersen – Lighting design
Anders Dale – Actor (Johan)
Nina Ellen Ødegård – Actor (Marianne)
Arthur Kay Piene – Musician (Pianist i lydstudio)
Jill Tonje Holter – Mask design
Stig Håvard Dirdal – Photo
Nils Wingrei – Sound technician (Lydteknikk studio)
Jens Løvaas – Technician (AV-tekniker)
Performance dates
May 25, 2020Hovedscenen, Rogaland Teater New opening
October 22, 2019Hovedscenen, Rogaland Teater Opening night