Staged Reading of
Marty's Shadow
by post-war Swedish literary sensation Stig Dagerman
In 1947, the young and wildly successful Swedish writer Stig Dagerman meets Viennese-Jewish intellectual Etta Federn in her hotel room in Paris. They become friends. Or do they?
Federn worships her dead son, a hero in the French Resistance. But how does she treat the son who’s still alive? Dagerman witnesses her behavior, and writes his play in a flash of inspiration.
Marty’s Shadow. About the losses that overshadow our lives.
First performed in Stockholm at the renowned Royal Dramatic Theater in 1948, Marty’s Shadow has since been performed to acclaim across Europe.
Now for the first time in America. In a new translation by Nancy Pick, a cousin of Etta Federn, and Lo Dagerman, Stig’s daughter.
Federn worships her dead son, a hero in the French Resistance. But how does she treat the son who’s still alive? Dagerman witnesses her behavior, and writes his play in a flash of inspiration.
Marty’s Shadow. About the losses that overshadow our lives.
First performed in Stockholm at the renowned Royal Dramatic Theater in 1948, Marty’s Shadow has since been performed to acclaim across Europe.
Now for the first time in America. In a new translation by Nancy Pick, a cousin of Etta Federn, and Lo Dagerman, Stig’s daughter.
Tues, 23 June at 7 p.m.
The Gene Frankel Theatre
24 Bond St., New York
Directed by Robert Greer, Artistic Director of the August Strindberg Repertory Theatre
With: Nora Hummel as Madame Angelica
Michael William Bernstein as Gabriel
Ivette Dumeng as Thérèse
M. Scott McLean as Victor
Admission free.
Discussion to follow.
The Gene Frankel Theatre
24 Bond St., New York
Directed by Robert Greer, Artistic Director of the August Strindberg Repertory Theatre
With: Nora Hummel as Madame Angelica
Michael William Bernstein as Gabriel
Ivette Dumeng as Thérèse
M. Scott McLean as Victor
Admission free.
Discussion to follow.
