Easy Now, Electra
Easy Now, Electra
Easy Now, Electra
A mother-daughter duet spirals out of control.
A mother-daughter duet spirals out of control.
Hrafnhildur’s second play premiered at the Icelandic National Theatre in 2000 and was subsequently one of seventeen plays to be selected for the anthology Modern Women Playwrights of Europe, published by Oxford University Press in 2001. This drama, loosely based on the Elektra myth, is a play within a play, where the two layers mirror each other. Two actors, a mother and a daughter, are trying to improvise a show which is more or less about themselves. Gradually, they lose control of the project, revealing secret repressions in their relationship.
Hrafnhildur’s second play premiered at the Icelandic National Theatre in 2000 and was subsequently one of seventeen plays to be selected for the anthology Modern Women Playwrights of Europe, published by Oxford University Press in 2001. This drama, loosely based on the Elektra myth, is a play within a play, where the two layers mirror each other. Two actors, a mother and a daughter, are trying to improvise a show which is more or less about themselves. Gradually, they lose control of the project, revealing secret repressions in their relationship.
The play was nominated for the Nordic Drama Award in 2001 and had a successful reading at the Scandinavia on Stage Festival in New York in 2001. It was also produced in Theatre 32 in Nîmes, France in 2008. Translations: English, French
The play was nominated for the Nordic Drama Award in 2001 and had a successful reading at the Scandinavia on Stage Festival in New York in 2001. It was also produced in Theatre 32 in Nîmes, France in 2008. Translations: English, French
Original Play
Performed at
The National Theatre of Iceland
Premiered
2000
Morgunblaðið: "A new perspective on reality" SA TMM: "The play demonstrates the immense value of a play created with intuition and artistry, qualities that Hrafnhildur Hagalín has. "
Written by Hrafnhildur Hagalín Guðmundsdóttir
Written by Hrafnhildur Hagalín Guðmundsdóttir
Written by Hrafnhildur Hagalín Guðmundsdóttir