Kaspariana
A square in Nuremberg at dawn. A solitary innocent (or wild) boy
appears amongst the people. The entire community sets about
educating him. How does one become... a real man? The final stage
of initiation is a struggle. The hands of the solitary boy, Kaspar
Hauser, now adolescent, and those of his opponent, stretch out to
grab a knife. With this image the lights suddenly go out.
After one performance, Martin Berg, a Danish spectator,
commented: "And there, behind all this, are the faces of the other
spectators opposite me, looking into my face as I look into theirs,
and the eyes I see before me are so moved that I believe I
understand what they see".
Created in Holstebro, during the first few months after the Odin
emigrated from Norway.
Actors
Jan Erik Bergström, Anna-Trine Grimnes, Lars Göran Kjellstedt,
Else Marie Laukvik, Iben Nagel Rasmussen, Dan Nielsen, Torgeir
Wethal
Text: Ole Sarvig
Scenic space: Bernt Nyberg
Adaptation and directing: Eugenio Barba
Language: The actors speak different
Scandinavian languages, according to their nationalities
Number of spectators per performance: 60
74 performances from September 1967 to February
1968
On Tour
Denmark, Italy, Norway, Sweden