Peer Gynt
Digital version
Peer Gynt. Digital version (2020) was a digital theatre production by The Norwegian Theatre. Peer Gynt. Digital version was based on the play by Henrik Ibsen, in a translation to the New Norwegian by Jon Fosse. The digital version was a recording of the theatre production Peer Gynt from 2018. It was made available through The Norwegian Theatre's digital platform at the theatre's website during The Corona crisis the spring of 2020.The recording was openly accessible in the time after it was first released, and the access was free.
Erik Ulfsby directed it.
Toralv Maurstad, who was 91 years old at the time of the opening in 2018, played the elder Peer Gynt. Jan Grønli, Geir Kvarme, Paul-Ottar Haga, Pål Christian Eggen, Karl-Vidar Lende, Niklas Gundersen and Jonas F. Urstad played younger versions of Peer Gynt.
Information
(Objekt ID 99678)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | May 8, 2020 |
| Produced by | The Norwegian Theatre |
| Based on | Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | Norwegian Nynorsk |
| Keywords | Theatre, Corona-production, Digital production, Drama |
| Running period | May 8, 2020 |
| Duration | 2 hours 04:19 minutes |
| Website | DET NORSKE TEATRET |
"Peer Gynt has reached the end of the road. He is battered, worn down and tired. His journey through life has given him many highs, and even more downs. He has been mighty and celebrated himself around the world. Met people and creatures, lived a self-centred, vital and involving life.
Peer wanted to go away - away from Norway, but mostly away from himself. He wanted to reinvent himself, blossom, become rich, he wanted to consume and to enjoy. But towards the end of his life he returns home, deeply marked by the experiences he has made. He must now defend his life. Who was he really? Will his life withstand the meeting with the Button Moulder?
In this version of Ibsen's masterpiece, Toralv Maurstad gives life to the old Peer. In his last and final confrontation, this Peer looks back on the life he has led. From the darkroom of remembrance, the audience is brought into a stream of memories. A long series of different memories shows up. It is as if Peer turns the leafs of his own photo album back and forth, and a whole life is unfolded and developed. Out of his memory, stories, meetings and recognitions rise, played out by a large ensemble of 14 actors.
Maurstad about Peer
Toralv Maurstad looks forward to engaging with his old acquaintance. The 91-year-old has played Peer Gynt as a young man and a man in midlife. – I now have the experience that makes it possible to play the old Peer in a way I have never managed before, he says of the role. – I don't see Peer as a liar. He has a far too luscious, untamed imagination. He brawls and invents, with charm and wit. His flaw is that he abuses his imagination to impress and to gain attention - from the ladies, too. It will be interesting to confront such a life. I think he must accept being melted into the mass with other people. The way we all may have to be prepared for it."
SOURCES:
The Norwegian Theatre, 26.03.2018, www.detnorsketeatret.no, https://www.detnorsketeatret.no/framsyningar/peer-gynt/
The Norwegian Theatre, detnorsketeatret.no, 10.05.2020, https://www.detnorsketeatret.no/framsyningar/peer-gynt?fbclid=IwAR185mCMaYVL1-DyZU0bzjArIUyWLBQlwyZ2s7Hmx0azzRG4ZvMXPhgXyns
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Henrik Ibsen | – Playwright |
| Jon Fosse | – Translation |
| Erik Ulfsby | – Direction |
| Belinda Braza | – Choreography |
| Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar | – Composer |
| Carl Morten Amundsen | – Dramaturge |
| Arne Nøst | – Stage design |
| Ingrid Nylander | – Costume design |
| Reidar Richardsen | – Video/Film |
| Amund Ulvestad | – Sound design (kinetisk) |
| Torkel Skjærven | – Lighting design |
| Ragnar Dyresen | – Actor (Trumpeterstråle) |
| Pål Christian Eggen | – Actor (Peer Gynt) |
| Charlotte Frogner | – Actor (Den grønkledde) |
| Jonas Fuglevik Urstad | – Actor (Peer Gynt) |
| Jan Grønli | – Actor (Peer Gynt) |
| Niklas Gundersen | – Actor (Peer Gynt) |
| Paul-Ottar Haga | – Actor (Peer Gynt) |
| Unn Vibeke Hol | – Actor (Kari, Presten) |
| Paul Åge Johannessen | – Actor (Master Cotton) |
| Ingrid Jørgensen Dragland | – Actor (Mor Åse) |
| Judy Nyambura Karanja | – Actor (Dovregubben) |
| Sara Khorami | – Actor (Solveig) |
| Geir Kvarme | – Actor (Peer Gynt) |
| Anette Amelia Larsen | – Actor (Den grønnkledde) |
| Karl-Vidar Lende | – Actor (Peer Gynt) |
| Toralv Maurstad | – Actor (Den gamle Peer Gynt) |
| Kai Remlov | – Actor (Peer Gynt) |
| Svein Tindberg | – Actor (Knappestøperen) |
| Bobo Solan Hedin | – Extra (Vesle Peer) |
| Ailo Johannes Winther | – Extra (Vesle Peer) |
| May 8, 2020 – The Norwegian Theatre, digital offering | Opening night |