Posterity (play)
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Written byDoug Wright
Directed byDoug Wright
Date premiered25 February 2015
Place premieredAtlantic Theatre Company
| Posterity | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Doug Wright |
| Directed by | Doug Wright |
| Date premiered | 25 February 2015 |
| Place premiered | Atlantic Theatre Company |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | sculpting, legacy, art, death |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | 1901 Norway |
Posterity is a 2015 play written and directed by the Pulitzer Prize-award-winning American playwright Doug Wright. The play focuses on the 1901 encounters between Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland and famed playwright Henrik Ibsen, when the latter sat for a series of sessions to have his bust sculpted. It premiered off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company's Linda Gross Theater[1][2]
Norway's most celebrated sculptor Gustav Vigeland (Linklater) is commissioned to create the last official portrait of the country's most famous writer, but Henrik Ibsen (Noble) proves to be an irascible, contentious sitter, as the two men wage war over both his legacy and his likeness.[3][4]
Cast
| Character | Atlantic Theatre Company 2015 |
|---|---|
| Gustav Vigeland | Hamish Linklater |
| Henrik Ibsen | John Noble |
| Greta Bergstrom | Dale Soules |
| Sophus Larpent | Henry Stram |
| Anfinn Beck | Mickey Theis |