Overview
Though Ingmar Bergman became famous as a filmmaker, his roots-and, to some extent, his heart-were in the theater. He directed more than one hundred plays in his career, and The Serious Game takes a close look at fourteen productions he staged at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. Looking closely at the relationship between the verbal and the visual, this book gives even longtime Bergman fans a new understanding of his sensitivity to nuance, his versatility, and his dedication to craftsmanship.
Full Product Details
Author: Egil Törnqvist
Publisher: Pallas Publications
Imprint: Pallas Publications
Edition: 0
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.580kg
ISBN: 9789089646781
ISBN 10: 9089646787
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 18 December 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Egil T rnqvist's contribution to the field of Bergman studies cannot possibly be overestimated. *The Serious Game*, alas, was to be his last book. However untimely, it is thus a fitting testament not only to Bergman's theatre work, but to T rnqvist's great capabilities of sharing his remarkable insights about it. - Jan Holmberg, CEO Ingmar Bergman Foundation, Stockholm[-][-] This is the strongest aspect of the book - T rnqvist's ability of vivid description and thoughtful choice of evocative details of the production (he intently choose only productions he witnessed himself or these which are videodocumented, which allows him to provide, when necessary, detailed transcripts of stage action). The analytical chapters serve very well as particular arguments supporting the general characterization of Bergman's view on theatre as shown in the preface. - David Drozd, *Theatralia: Journal for Theatre Studies*, 2019
Egil Toernqvist's contribution to the field of Bergman studies cannot possibly be overestimated. *The Serious Game*, alas, was to be his last book. However untimely, it is thus a fitting testament not only to Bergman's theatre work, but to Toernqvist's great capabilities of sharing his remarkable insights about it. - Jan Holmberg, CEO Ingmar Bergman Foundation, Stockholm This is the strongest aspect of the book - Toernqvist's ability of vivid description and thoughtful choice of evocative details of the production (he intently choose only productions he witnessed himself or these which are videodocumented, which allows him to provide, when necessary, detailed transcripts of stage action). The analytical chapters serve very well as particular arguments supporting the general characterization of Bergman's view on theatre as shown in the preface. - David Drozd, *Theatralia: Journal for Theatre Studies*, 2019
Author Information
Egil Törnqvist (19.12.1932 - 9.3.2015) was professor emeritus of Scandinavian studies at the University of Amsterdam, author of Drama as Text and Performance, and a leading Strindberg and Bergman scholar. In 2004, he received the renowned Strindberg Prize.
