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The premiere of famous Swedish playwright Lars Forssell's play, in which Allan Edwall played The Goat, based upon Jewish-American comedian Lenny Bruce.
'Allan Edwall as The Goat is amongst the finest roles I have seen in theatre.'Hans Axel Holm, Dagens Nyheter
About the production
Forssell's ambition to transform the life of Lenny Bruce into a universal vision was supported by Bergman in his staging of the play, which opened with The Goat tumbling out of a crack in a symbolic world egg. According to Lars Forssell, Bergman was a 'genius. Completely phenomenal! We in Sweden don't understand that we have such a giant talent among us.'
Sources
- The Ingmar Bergman Archives.
- Birgitta Steene, Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide, (Amsterdam University Press, 2005).
The text of Lars Forssell was met with scepticism, but Bergman's direction was praised. Åke Janzon in Svenska Dagbladet wrote, 'It takes a magician like Ingmar Bergman to transform all these practical jokes, sketches, puns, and witty lines into a theatre performance. [ ...] Ingmar Bergman has used the text as a musical score and he succeeds... in convincing us that he can make splendid theatre out of practically anything.'
Collaborators
- Allan Edwall, The goat
- Harriet Andersson, Ann
- Anita Wall, Betty
- Solveig Ternström, Maria
- Börje Ahlstedt, Peter
- Mathias Henrikson, Paul
- Jonas Bergström, David
- Gösta Prüzelius, Police officer
- Jan Nyman, Policeman 1
- Birger Malmsten, Policeman 2
- Karin Kavli, Leberknödel
- Kristina Adolphson, Liliane
- Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Dick
- Lil Terselius, Karin
- Heinz Hopf, Waiter
- Gertrud Fridh, Waitress
- Hans Strååt, The judge
- Hjördis Petterson, Mrs Bruère
- Georg Årlin, Colonel Rack
- Carl Billquist, Man 1
- Peter Harryson, Man 2
- Kari Sylwan, The girl
- Anders Ek, Old soldier
- Georg Rydeberg, The president
- Birgitta Valberg, The old lady
- Beata Bergström, Stills photographer
- Lars Forssell , Author
- Arne Hertler, Stage manager
- Donya Feuer, Choreography
- Klas Möller, Lighting design
- Lennart Halling, Projections
- Lars-Johan Werle, Music
- Arne Lundh, Make-up and wigs
- Agneta Pauli, Producer
- Ingmar Bergman, Director
- Anita Brundahl, Assistant director
- Gunnel Lindblom, Assistant director
- Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, Designer
- Holger Juhlin, Carpenter
- Anita Orre, Prompter
- Bernt Thorell, Technician