Castle of Holstebro, The
- Synopsis
- Experimental solo piece inspired by Hamlet. ‘The sequence in HAMLET which begins with the dialogue of the gravediggers and concludes with the outburst of the Prince against Laertes has two more protagonists: Yorick and Ophelia, the skull of the jester and the maid from whose flesh violets will grow. Two invisible characters: the others speak about them and show their lifeless remains on the stage. But the weeping of the nobles and the disenchanted song of the buffoons will be extinguished and the fury of history will roll away, leaving deserted and silent that moorland by the North sea which human beings have turned into a cemetery. Then Yorick and Ophelia will celebrate their wedding in the moonlight: serene and incestuous wedding of the Mother with the Child, of the Father with the Daughter, of the Old Man with the Virgin. Does Death, a grotesque Don Juan, seduce the girl, as in a Holbein etching? Or does the woman feed the child Death at her breast, nurturing it through the wheel of rebirth?' [Description taken from Odin Teatret website, 10/2007].
- Language
- English
- Country
- Denmark
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1994
- Duration
- 55 mins
Credits
- Director
- Julia Varley
- Writer
- Eugenio Barba; Julia Varley
- Cast
Julia Varley
Additional Details
- Theatre company
- Odin Teatret
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- In 2005 Exeter Digital Archives (University of Exeter) presented The Odin Week in which performances from Odin Teatret were digitally recorded and archived. DVDs of these performances are held at Holstebro, Denmark (the home of Odin) and at the University of Exeter. The Castle of Holstebro II was recorded 12/3/2005.
- History
- The production played for the first time in 1990.
Production Company
- Name
Odin Theatret Film
- odin@odinteatret.dk
- Web
- http://www.odinteatret.dk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (+45) 97 424777
- Fax
- (+45) 97 410482
- Address
- Saerkaerparken 144-7500
Holstebro
Denmark
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Castle of Holstebro, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av69276 (Accessed 25 Mar 2026)