BUNBURY
PROGRAM
JANUARY 2007
THE ROYAL DANISH THEATRE
In relation to The Royal Danish Theatre’s stage performance of Oscar Wilde’s legendary play The Importance of Being Earnest – entitled Bunbury in its current version – Martin Hall was chosen to write the programs introductory essay about dandyism.
Bunbury premiered at Stærekassen on the 19th of January 2007 and ran until the 24th of April. The play was staged by Danish director Lars Kaalund and the cast featured prominent names such as Beate Bille, Claus Bue, Helle Hertz, Ole Lemmeke, Birthe Neumann as well as Søren Sætter-Lassen.
The set design was made by the young, award-winning architect Bjarke Ingels, the costumes designed by Anja Vang Kragh and the play translated by Holger Bech. The photograph on the cover of the program is taken by Per Morten Abrahamsen.