The Ritual
(Riten)
Year: 1967
Cast: 3 male, 1 female
Set: Interior
The Ritual
(Riten)
Year: 1967
Cast: 3 male, 1 female
Set: Interior
‘Diabolic ritual in the twilight zone between horror and laughter.’– Kvällsposten on the 2013 Copenhagen production of The Ritual
Accused of obscenity, a small theatre company appears before a judge. Tension ensues (between the actors and the magistrale, as well as between the thespians themselves). The Ritual, a lesser known Bergman piece, originally conceived as a television play, is eminently performable on stage, whether as a lavish burlesque or as a stripped-down production à la Beckett.
Notable productions
- Dramaten, Stockholm 2018 (dir. Emil Graffman)
(Picture above)
- Får 302, Copenhagen 2013 (dir. Jens August Wille)
- Radnóti Theatre, Budapest 2008 (dir. Andor Lukáts)