Watch a short version of the performance “Körkarlen"
15 June 2021 - Published by Anna Grude
A year ago, a testbed was conducted in Värmland where Västanå Theater sent a greeting from different parts of Värmland cultural heritage. The event was produced with support from VCAB, Region Värmland, Rottneros Park and Sunne Municipality as part of the CUPIDO project.
The performance “Körkarlen”, was multistreamed onto all the participating partners social media platforms. Körkarlen is a novel by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf fron 1912. The novel is about a woman lying on her deathbed asking to meet David Holm and no one can understand why she wants to meet him. Körkarlen is a story on the border between a myth and a supernatural story, it was created at a time when tuberculosis was the prevailing pandemic.
Now a short version with English subtitles has now been made.
Watch the 10 minutes short version of "körkarlen"