The Wild Duck
It’s 120 years ago since The Wild Duck was written and 100 years since the play was staged at the National Theatre for the first time
Directed by Eirik Stubø
The photographer Hjalmar Ekdal lets his wife and daughter run the studio while he himself moves about in a state of dreaming in the company of his old father, a man sentenced for embezzlement, bankrupt and broken down. The family survives thanks to the contribution from merchant Werle, the father’s old chum, who escaped the accusations. When Hjalmar’s childhood friend and the merchant’s son Gregers returns to his hometown after 17 years, Hjalmar and his daughter Hedvig involuntarily become the centre of Gregers’ unstoppable pursuit of the Truth.
The Wild Duck is one of Ibsen’s best known and most frequently performed plays, most often staged with self-delusion as the leading theme and Hedvig with her bad eyesight as the natural centre.
Director: Eirik Stubø. Assistant to the director: Oda Radoor. Set design and costumes: Kari Gravklev. Light design: Ellen Ruge. Make-up: Birgit Haugå. Dramaturge: Olav Torbjørn Skare.
Actors: Merchant Werle: Bjørn Skagestad, Gregers Werle: Eindride Eidsvold, Old Ekdal: Kai Remlov, Hjalmar Ekdal: Gard Eidsvold, Gina Ekdal: Laila Goody, Hedvig: Birgitte Larsen, Mrs. Sørby: Petronella Barker, Relling, a doctor: Kim Haugen, Molvik: Anders T. Andersen.