Det Norske Teatret/Maurstad - Henrik Ibsen: Peer Gynt

70 years after Det Norske Teatret first staged Peer Gynt, Erik Ulfsby and his excellent team have developed a new version, with the role of old Peer congenially filled by Toralv Maurstad. The play�s original chronology has been broken up and fragments of Peer�s life reordered � all observed by an aged spirit who is on the threshold to the other side. Maurstad�s acting is �overwhelmingly great. He carries the role of Peer Gynt on his 92-year-old shoulders. This is pure theatrical magic.�