'If the essence of drama is conflict, the crossing of wills, of culture versus barbarism, the Norwegians have a natural spring to tap into – and it is explosive.'
– Line Rosvoll, Artistic Director of the Norwegian Centre of New Playwriting, from her Introduction.
The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary Norwegian Plays brings together a selection of exciting playwrights reflecting the breadth and vitality of Norwegian theatre's booming new writing scene.
Six plays, translated by Neil Howard and published for the first time in English, demonstrate a common willingness to push formal boundaries and to find new ways to tackle the universal experiences of the human condition; grief and loss, violence, manipulation, abuse and despair.
Grief Work
by Eirik Fauske;
Kinder K
by Kristofer Grønskag;
A Remarkable Person
by Pernille Dahl Johnsen;
Time Without Books
by Lene Therese Teigen;
Why Not Before
by Liv Heløe;
Watching Shadows
by Hans Petter Blad