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PETTER NAESS (1960 - ) |
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Nationality: Norwegian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Petter Naess |
Elling | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | Trademark ATG | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London >>>, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63226 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Axel Hellstenius (with Petter Naess) from the book by Ingvar Ambjornsen (literal translation by Nicholas Norris) | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen, in original stage adaptation by Axel Hellstenius in collaboration with Peter Naess, in a new version by Simon Bent. Mummy's boy Elling and his roommate, the uncouth, reluctant virgin Kjell Bjarne, are the Odd Couple of Oslo: a pair of confused souls taking their first steps in the outside world after years of isolated, institutional life. Given a flat in the city by social services, they must re-assimilate themselves into society or face a return to the asylum. So it's simply a question of convincing their social worker that they really are "normal" - even if it does feel safer sleeping in the wardrobe. . . Based on the award-winning cult film, Elling was first performed at the Bush Theatre in 2007 and transferred to Trafalgar Studios in the West End. | |||||
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