A Mother’s Love adaptation dares to reach for the high notes
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- Frida Hallgren and Blossom Tainton star in a musical-style adaptation of August Strindberg’s “A Mother’s Love.”
- The drama explores the painful bond between a child and a mother whose past as a prostitute keeps her out of public view.
- Like Strindberg’s “The Pelican,” the play features an absent father who is rehabilitated and idealized during the drama.
Frida Hallgren and Blossom Tainton take bold musical liberties with August Strindberg’s “A Mother’s Love,” in a production that gives the playwright’s absent father an almost idealized central role.
The small drama’s title carries a cruel irony. It focuses on how difficult it is to remain tightly bound to a mother who cannot be shown in public because she has worked as a prostitute.
The play also shares a striking feature with Strindberg’s “The Pelican”: an absent father. At first, he has been slandered. As the drama unfolds, however, he is restored and idealized.
The production is directed and adapted by Annika Kofoed, with choreography by Tove Skeidsvoll and lighting by Gustave Lund. It stars Hallgren and Tainton at Strindberg’s Intima Theatre.
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Originally published by Svenska Dagbladet in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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