En herrgårdssägen (A Tale of a Manor)
Västanå Teater / Riksteatern
June 3rd 6pm
June 4th 6pm
Borås stadsteater, Stora scenen
The jury’s motivation: In their chain of adaptations of the work of Selma Lagerlöf, Västanå Teater and the Stinnerbom family (director: Leif, costumes: Inger, music: Magnus, choreography: Ola) have, in En Herrgårdssaga, found the ultimate text for their own theatrical esthetics. Here, with music as a nexus for catharsis and the release of energy, with their inimitable scenic fantasy, Västanå transforms Lagerlöf’s story into melodrama, in the finest and original meaning of the word.
By Selma Lagerlöf
Script & directing Leif Stinnerbom
Rehearsal tour Jimmy Meurling
Composer Magnus Stinnerbom
Coreography Ola Stinnerbom
Set design Lars Jacob Jakobsson
Costume Inger Hallström Stinnerbom
Make up & puppets Torbjörn Alström
Lightdesign Figge Holmberg
On stage Jakob Hultcrantz Hansson,
Mirja Turestedt, Hanna Kulle, Anki Larsson,
Björn Söderbäck, Vanja Blomqvist,
Henrik Norlén, Lars Warnstad,
Ola Stinnerbom, Maria Lindell,
Linnea Benneberg, Britt-Inger Ekelund,
Lena Larsson
Musicians Sophia Stinnerbom: Violin, Viola d’amore, Klas Anders Haglund: Violin Alto,
Magnus Stinnerbom: Mandolin, Mattias Péres: Guitar
App. 2 h and 40 min incl intermission.
First performance 23 juni 2007
En herrgårdssaga (From a Swedish Homestead), arguably Selma Lagerlöfs most perfect novel, is the story of the intertwined fates of two young people. Young Gunnar Hede, student and fiddler, loses his sanity and is transformed into The Billy Goat. With his fiddling he revives the lifeless orphan, Ingrid Berg, and delivers her from her casket in the church graveyard. Both share the same tendency to run away from life, to turn inwards into the dark corners of the soul, to long for death and oblivion, where consciousness ceases to exist.