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Bellman – a Swedish national poet

When talking about Vulgar Comedy I must, as a Swede, mention our national poet, the eighteen century poet: Carl Michael Bellman. He wrote much more than Vulgar Comedy, such as elegies and pastorals, but it is the Vulgar Comedy he … Read the rest of this entry →

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Stanislavsky’s system v/s Vulgar Comedy

We have to remember that Stanislavsky was a rich factory owner how did not need to make a living from his theatre. He was from the Russian upper classes who despised Vulgar Comedy. So we can count on that he … Read the rest of this entry →

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Millenieprojektet (The millennia project)

Opening 27/12-1999 Manus och regi – Micke Klingvall Zanni, Coviello – Micaela Gustavsson Signora – Anna Fredriksson Capitano – Jonas Larsson Charlatano – Lars Brinck Kostym – Elin Snarf Masker – Micke Klingvall & Marte Reitan Produktion – Cais-Mari Björnlod … Read the rest of this entry →

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Eviga Berg (Mighty Mountin)

Opening 17/3-2007 Director – Micke Klingvall Eviga Berg – Jens-Peter Jannes Koniko, Tusen År – Elin Tisell Mamman, Stora Bält, Kejsarröst – Daniel Rudholm Mormor, Lilla Körsbär – Maria af Klintberg Music – Jens-Peter Berlin Jannes Texts – Uje Brandelius … Read the rest of this entry →

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The Outlaw – Den Fredlöse (2011)

Opened 14/4-2011 Diretor – Micke Klingvall Valgerd – Michelle Nordlander Gunlöd – Anna Mamolo Gunnar, The Messenger, The Slave – Hanna Ek Orm – Tulle Montserrat Thorfinn –  Simon Tunna Hagström Text – August Strindberg Music – Anna Mamolo & … Read the rest of this entry →

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Low Comedy in Vulgar Comedy (Part 2)

But except from that about “the material-bodily lower” (See PART 1), Mikhail Bakhtin also states that common people at the time neither trusted seriousness nor people who were serious. They were a threat since the only ones that benefited from … Read the rest of this entry →

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Early religion

As an example of how religion and the relations between gods and the people (HERE I’ve written about the impact it made in Scandinavian theatre) has changed we can study the story about Noah and the deluge. The first time … Read the rest of this entry →

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Vulgar Comedy and its origins in Scandinavia (Part 4)

While the Danish Vikings went to England and France to raid and concur and the Norwegian Vikings colonized Iceland, Greenland and North America, the Swedes went east to make business, to form Russia and took jobs as in the Varangian … Read the rest of this entry →

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Vulgar Comedy and its origins in Scandinavia (Part 2)

When society started to specialize and build hierarchies, this also refers to theatre. It is here we first see how court theatre mark off. The rites are no longer collective. The shaman, the priest or the king, who has gotten … Read the rest of this entry →

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Vulgar Comedy and its origins in Scandinavia (Part 1)

In Scandinavia we didn’t really have court or official theatre until Christianity was introduced, not even in its early, crude form. In order to prove that, I lean on research about early, international theatre and on theatre in a wide … Read the rest of this entry →

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