Bsider
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B-sides is a collection of stageplays by the Norwegian
author
Johan Harstad
, published in 2008. It contains four plays, and with the exception of Washingtin focus on the serial monologue
(monodrama
) rather than the dialogue
. The Memoirs Of a Breadman contains 21 diary entries as well as the main story, told in twenty four monologues. Degrees of White consists of four monologues while the monologues in Krasnoyarsk changes in perspective between three characters that never speak directly to one another, though they are together. This play also includes twelve short prose text. Washingtin is a more traditional play, dealing with a man who refuse to accept that he died more than twenty years ago in an 1982 air crash in Washington D.C., and that the two guys coming to help him clean out his apartment aren't really there to help him move, but rather to help him on his way to the afterlife. The title Washingtin is intentionally misspelled, referring to the word "tin" as slang for airplanes and the de-icing of airplanes during winter operations.
In 2009, Harstad was hired as in-house playwright at National Theatre of Norway.
Norway
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Author
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Johan Harstad
Johan Harstad
Johan Harstad is an Norwegian short story writer, novelist and playwright.Harstad was born in Stavanger. He made his literary debut in 2001, with a collection of short prose entitled Herfra blir du bare eldre...
, published in 2008. It contains four plays, and with the exception of Washingtin focus on the serial monologue
Monologue
In theatre, a monologue is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media...
(monodrama
Monodrama
A monodrama is a theatrical or operatic piece played by a single actor or singer, usually portraying one character.- Monodrama in opera :...
) rather than the dialogue
Dialogue
Dialogue is a literary and theatrical form consisting of a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people....
. The Memoirs Of a Breadman contains 21 diary entries as well as the main story, told in twenty four monologues. Degrees of White consists of four monologues while the monologues in Krasnoyarsk changes in perspective between three characters that never speak directly to one another, though they are together. This play also includes twelve short prose text. Washingtin is a more traditional play, dealing with a man who refuse to accept that he died more than twenty years ago in an 1982 air crash in Washington D.C., and that the two guys coming to help him clean out his apartment aren't really there to help him move, but rather to help him on his way to the afterlife. The title Washingtin is intentionally misspelled, referring to the word "tin" as slang for airplanes and the de-icing of airplanes during winter operations.
In 2009, Harstad was hired as in-house playwright at National Theatre of Norway.