Remarks by Resident Dramaturg Kate Bredeson. Enjoy!
There’s something refreshing about Court Theatre’s approach to the preview process. At Court, there are not just a couple of previews, but a whole week of them: seven performances total. And every night, following the performance, there is a post-show discussion between audience and artistic staff (usually led by [...]
Archive for January, 2009
No Stillness In the Land of the Wild Duck
Posted in Artist post, Rehearsal, The Wild Duck on January 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Time stands still in the land of the wild duck.
Posted in Artist post, The Wild Duck on January 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Essay written for the production by Kimberly Kenny, Senior Lecturer in Norwegian at the University of Chicago.
The Wild Duck, the fifth in his prose play cycle of twelve, introduced a new phase in Ibsen’s drama. The first of Ibsen’s psychological plays, it followed Enemy of the People, which concluded the so-called social plays. Ibsen himself [...]
Richard Nelson speaks
Posted in Artist post, The Wild Duck on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Interview with Translator/Adapter Richard Nelson and Charlie Newell, conducted by Resident Dramaturg Kate Bredeson
WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO THE WILD DUCK?
RN: Immediately what brought me to The Wild Duck was Charlie. Charlie asked me if I would do a new version of the play and I agreed.
There is a longer, more involved story about what brought [...]
