1066 - The Battle of Stamford Bridge. Digital version
1066 - The Battle of Stamford Bridge. Digital version (2020) was a digital theatre production by Statsteatret. The text for 1066 - The Battle of Stamford Bridge was developed by Yngve Sundvor in collaboration with the actors. The digital version was a specially edited and livestreamed version of the theatre production 1066 - The Battle of Stamford Bridge from 2011. The digital production was a live broadcast adjusted to the digital format, streamed through Vierlive during the Corona crisis the spring of 2020. The recording was available for buyers for a few days after it was broadcasted live.
Yngve Sundvor directed it. With dramaturge Morten Kjerstad, he also did the camera editing work during the broadcast.
The roles were played by Gard B. Eidsvold, Cato Skimten Storengen, Kim Sørensen and Per Kjerstad.
The staged version of 1066 - The Battle of Stamford Bridge was Statsteatret's first production in a series of ten, chronicling Norwegian history. The company's tenth production, 2066 - Yet a King, was planned for a premiere at Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre) in May 2020. The opening was postponed indefinitely due to the Corona pandemic.
Information
(Objekt ID 99875)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | May 19, 2020 |
| Produced by | Statsteatret |
| In collaboration with | The Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret) |
| Audience | Adults, Youth |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Corona-production, Tragicomedy/Seriocomedy |
| Running period | May 19, 2020 |
| Duration | 1 hour, 15 minutes |
| Website | VIERLIVE |
The action takes place at the end of the Viking Age, and the days prior to the battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.
Among the characters are the king, Harald Sigurdsson AKA Harald Hardrada (in Norwegian: Hardråde, which means hard ruler or hard to rule), who in the play suffers heavy depressions. His son Olav has a weight problem and is in a serious relationship with God. There is a skald, Tjodolv, dreaming about writing a bestseller in an age of illiteracy, and an English Earl in forced exile, Tostig, or, in Norwegian, Toste, who is socially inept and may have problem with substance use.
"Statsteatret attacks Norwegian history and the king sagas in a no holds barred death match. What you thought you knew about the famous battle may be turned upside-down when the experienced actors take on history like a theatrical version of Mythbusters. Is the Viking inside still alive? This is tragicomedy about one of the worst battles in Norwegian history, in which 5000 Norwegians lost their lives in an attempt to conquer England."
SOURCES:
The Norwegian Touring Theatre, riksteatret.no, 15.05.2020, https://www.riksteatret.no/arkiv/statsteatret/
Vierlive, vier.live, 15.05.2020, https://vier.live/acts/statsteatret
Statsteatret, www.statsteatret.no, 22.07.2020, http://statsteatret.no/siste-nytt-om-forestillinger-og-korona/
Statsteatret, www.statsteatret.no, http://statsteatret.no/forestillinger/1066-slaget-ved-stamford-bridge/
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Yngve Sundvor | – Script |
| Yngve Sundvor | – Direction |
| Morten Kjerstad | – Dramaturge |
| Morten Kjerstad | – Clipping |
| Yngve Sundvor | – Clipping |
| Gard B. Eidsvold | – Actor |
| Per Kjerstad | – Actor |
| Cato Skimten Storengen | – Actor |
| Kim Sørensen | – Actor |
| May 19, 2020 – Vierlive, The Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret) | Opening night |