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A Theatre Critic's Death
Språk: Engelska
Översättning: Ja
Längd: En akt
Synopsis:
Detta manus är Julian Garners översättning av Joakim Groths pjäs En teaterkritikers död från 2009.
Detta manus är Julian Garners översättning av Joakim Groths pjäs En teaterkritikers död från 2009.
Utdrag:
FIRST ACT
1. WHAT IS HIDDEN IN THE SNOW
(The Director’s home. The DIRECTOR, a POLICE INSPECTOR.)
INSPECTOR: The case concerns a certain Mattias Breck.
DIRECTOR: I know he’s dead, it was in the press. He died of a brain hemorrhage.
INSPECTOR: Yes.
DIRECTOR: So, what do you want with me? I don’t understand.
INSPECTOR: Didn’t Nikander explain?
DIRECTOR: The tall one? Yes, I’ve already told him the little I know.
INSPECTOR: That was Majava, I think.
DIRECTOR: I didn’t commit their names to memory.
INSPECTOR: Nikander is shorter, well under five-nine.
DIRECTOR: Possibly. I didn’t measure them, either.
INSPECTOR: No.
DIRECTOR: I’ve said, the little I know could have been discussed on the phone. I’m not sure how you imagined I could be of any help to you.
INSPECTOR: We could have phoned, of course, but in this case I wished to meet you personally.
DIRECTOR: Why? I didn’t know Breck.
INSPECTOR: What do you mean by that?
DIRECTOR: What I say, I didn’t know him, not personally.
INSPECTOR: No, but through your work?
DIRECTOR: Of course I knew who he was. He was a theatre critic, he reviewed my productions, for God’s sake. It doesn’t mean that I knew him.
INSPECTOR: But you have met?
DIRECTOR: In passing, at a press-conference, I don’t think I spoke to him, face to face.
INSPECTOR: Really?
DIRECTOR: He was a critic, I was a director, or rather am a director.
INSPECTOR: Fire and water, eh?
DIRECTOR: We didn’t mingle, we see theatre from different sides. It’s as if you would associate with criminals.
(Pause.)
What do you really want from me?
INSPECTOR: As I say, I hope you’ll be able to assist us with our enquiries. For certain technical reasons, which I’m not at liberty to divulge, we’re conducting a closer examination of the circumstances surrounding Mr. Breck’s death. We’re currently compiling a list of people in theatre community who have come under his professional scrutiny, so to speak.
DIRECTOR: Who he’s given bad reviews, you mean? You’ll have to interrogate half the city.
INSPECTOR: We will. But not many have been castigated quite as thoroughly as you have, recently.
(Pause.)
DIRECTOR: And? What difference does that make? Mr. Breck died of a brain hemorrhage.
INSPECTOR: If you say so, sir. I don’t.
DIRECTOR: What do you mean?
INSPECTOR: The tabloids are full of speculation.
DIRECTOR: Is their reason to doubt it?
INSPECTOR: It’s true that Mr. Breck died of a brain hemorrhage. But prior to his death, he was strangled.
DIRECTOR: Strangled?
INSPECTOR: Yes, sir, strangled.
DIRECTOR: Good God. Really?
FIRST ACT
1. WHAT IS HIDDEN IN THE SNOW
(The Director’s home. The DIRECTOR, a POLICE INSPECTOR.)
INSPECTOR: The case concerns a certain Mattias Breck.
DIRECTOR: I know he’s dead, it was in the press. He died of a brain hemorrhage.
INSPECTOR: Yes.
DIRECTOR: So, what do you want with me? I don’t understand.
INSPECTOR: Didn’t Nikander explain?
DIRECTOR: The tall one? Yes, I’ve already told him the little I know.
INSPECTOR: That was Majava, I think.
DIRECTOR: I didn’t commit their names to memory.
INSPECTOR: Nikander is shorter, well under five-nine.
DIRECTOR: Possibly. I didn’t measure them, either.
INSPECTOR: No.
DIRECTOR: I’ve said, the little I know could have been discussed on the phone. I’m not sure how you imagined I could be of any help to you.
INSPECTOR: We could have phoned, of course, but in this case I wished to meet you personally.
DIRECTOR: Why? I didn’t know Breck.
INSPECTOR: What do you mean by that?
DIRECTOR: What I say, I didn’t know him, not personally.
INSPECTOR: No, but through your work?
DIRECTOR: Of course I knew who he was. He was a theatre critic, he reviewed my productions, for God’s sake. It doesn’t mean that I knew him.
INSPECTOR: But you have met?
DIRECTOR: In passing, at a press-conference, I don’t think I spoke to him, face to face.
INSPECTOR: Really?
DIRECTOR: He was a critic, I was a director, or rather am a director.
INSPECTOR: Fire and water, eh?
DIRECTOR: We didn’t mingle, we see theatre from different sides. It’s as if you would associate with criminals.
(Pause.)
What do you really want from me?
INSPECTOR: As I say, I hope you’ll be able to assist us with our enquiries. For certain technical reasons, which I’m not at liberty to divulge, we’re conducting a closer examination of the circumstances surrounding Mr. Breck’s death. We’re currently compiling a list of people in theatre community who have come under his professional scrutiny, so to speak.
DIRECTOR: Who he’s given bad reviews, you mean? You’ll have to interrogate half the city.
INSPECTOR: We will. But not many have been castigated quite as thoroughly as you have, recently.
(Pause.)
DIRECTOR: And? What difference does that make? Mr. Breck died of a brain hemorrhage.
INSPECTOR: If you say so, sir. I don’t.
DIRECTOR: What do you mean?
INSPECTOR: The tabloids are full of speculation.
DIRECTOR: Is their reason to doubt it?
INSPECTOR: It’s true that Mr. Breck died of a brain hemorrhage. But prior to his death, he was strangled.
DIRECTOR: Strangled?
INSPECTOR: Yes, sir, strangled.
DIRECTOR: Good God. Really?
Antal roller:
min. 4
max. 7
min. 4
max. 7
Roller:
DIRECTOR KARLO MENNING
POLICE INSPECTOR
CARITA MENNING
PLAYWRIGHT JONAS
KANTOR
THERAPIST
THEATRE CRITIC MATTIAS BRECK
“LIFER” SALVADOR BERG
DIRECTOR KARLO MENNING
POLICE INSPECTOR
CARITA MENNING
PLAYWRIGHT JONAS
KANTOR
THERAPIST
THEATRE CRITIC MATTIAS BRECK
“LIFER” SALVADOR BERG
Rättigheter och kontaktuppgifter:
Rättigheterna handhas av dramatikern, som nås på joakim.groth(at)welho.com.
Rättigheterna handhas av dramatikern, som nås på joakim.groth(at)welho.com.