Castle of Holstebro, The

Synopsis

Experimental solo piece inspired by Hamlet. ‘The sequence in HAMLET which begins with the dialogue of the gravediggers and concludes with the outburst of the Prince against Laertes has two more protagonists: Yorick and Ophelia, the skull of the jester and the maid from whose flesh violets will grow. Two invisible characters: the others speak about them and show their lifeless remains on the stage. But the weeping of the nobles and the disenchanted song of the buffoons will be extinguished and the fury of history will roll away, leaving deserted and silent that moorland by the North sea which human beings have turned into a cemetery. Then Yorick and Ophelia will celebrate their wedding in the moonlight: serene and incestuous wedding of the Mother with the Child, of the Father with the Daughter, of the Old Man with the Virgin. Does Death, a grotesque Don Juan, seduce the girl, as in a Holbein etching? Or does the woman feed the child Death at her breast, nurturing it through the wheel of rebirth?' [Description taken from Odin Teatret website, 10/2007].

Language

English

Country

Denmark

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1994

Notes

In 2005 Exeter Digital Archives (University of Exeter) presented The Odin Week in which performances from Odin Teatret were digitally recorded and archived. DVDs of these performances are held at Holstebro, Denmark (the home of Odin) and at the University of Exeter. The Castle of Holstebro II was recorded 12/3/2005.

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director

Julia Varley

Writer

Eugenio Barba; Julia Varley

Cast

Julia Varley

Production Company

Name

Odin Theatret Film

Email

odin@odinteatret.dk

Web

http://www.odinteatret.dk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

(+45) 97 424777

Fax

(+45) 97 410482

Address

Saerkaerparken 144-7500
Holstebro
Denmark

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB