Peer Gynt (2020)
70 years after Det Norske Teatret first staged Peer Gynt, Erik Ulfsby and his excellent team have developed a new version, with the role of old Peer congenially filled by Toralv Maurstad. The play’s original chronology has been broken up and fragments of Peer’s life reordered – all observed by an aged spirit who is on the threshold to the other side. Maurstad’s acting is “overwhelmingly great. He carries the role of Peer Gynt on his 92-year-old shoulders. This is pure theatrical magic.”
Director: Erik Ulfsby
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Toralv Maurstad as Old Peer Gynt |
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Svein Tindberg as Button-moulder |
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Ingrid Jørgensen Dragland as Mother Aase |
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Sara Khorami as Solveig |
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Jan Grønli as Peer Gynt |
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Kai Remlov as Peer Gynt |
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Geir Kvarme as Peer Gynt |
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Paul-Ottar Haga as Peer Gynt |
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Pål Christian Eggen as Peer Gynt |
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Karl Vidar Lende as Peer Gynt |
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Niklas Gundersen as Peer Gynt |
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Jonas Fuglevik Urstad as Peer Gynt |
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Jae Nyamburah as The Mountain King |
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Anette Amelia Hoff Larsen as Woman in Green |
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Charlotte Frogner as Woman in Green |
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Unn Vibeke Hol as Kari - The Preist |
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Ragnar Dyresen as Trumpeterstraale |
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Paul Åge Johannessen as Master Cotton |
| Directing | Erik Ulfsby | Stage Director |
| Art | Arne Nøst | Set Designer |
| Sound | Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar | Sound |
| Crew | Jon Fosse | Translator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ingrid Nylander | Costume Design |
| Directing | Erik Ulfsby | Director |