TELEGRAM Reykjavik 20. dag april-mánaðar, 1868. A three-masted merchant vessel stran- ded on the Icelandic coast. Young pregnant woman only survivor. During the night of April 17th a shipwreck swept in on Reykjanes during a violent storm. The vast and mysterious ship drifted towards the shore in a heavy surf that made attempts to rescue or salvage impossible. It has not been possible to determine the ship’s de- scent or nationality, and it is uncertain how long the ship has drifted at sea. It’s a gigantic vessel - black as pitch, with three decks. The ship shows traces of past greatness. The bowsprit is missing and the figu- rehead is desecrated. It is the general opinion that the ship has fallen into the hands of brutal and vicious robbers. Young pregnant woman only survivor on board Immediately it was assumed that the ship had been abandoned, but according to local authorities, after a thorough search, one survivor was found on the middle deck. And it was a sad and eerie sight that met the bailiff’s search party; a human being sitting confined in a cage, smelly but of a human appearance. It is reported to be a young woman, retarded and with child. The child was later found dead in the young woman’s care. Her only belonging consisted of a rectangular object wrapped in cloth, which it has not been possible to wrench from her. This retarded young woman, will reportedly be transferred to the penitentiary in Copenhagen when passage is available, charged with infanticide.
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TELEGRAMReykjavik 20. dag april-mánaðar, 1868.
A three-masted merchant vessel stran-ded on the Icelandic coast.Young pregnant woman only survivor.During the night of April 17th a shipwreck swept in
on Reykjanes during a violent storm.
The vast and mysterious ship drifted towards the shore in a heavy surf that made attempts to rescue or salvage impossible.It has not been possible to determine the ship’s de-scent or nationality, and it is uncertain how long the ship has drifted at sea. It’s a gigantic vessel - black as pitch, with three decks. The ship shows traces of past greatness. The bowsprit is missing and the figu-rehead is desecrated. It is the general opinion that the ship has fallen into the hands of brutal and vicious robbers.
Young pregnant woman only survivor on boardImmediately it was assumed that the ship had been abandoned, but according to local authorities, after a thorough search, one survivor was found on the middle deck. And it was a sad and eerie sight that met the bailiff ’s search party; a human being sitting confined in a cage, smelly but of a human appearance. It is reported to be a young woman, retarded and with child. The child was later found dead in the young woman’s care. Her only belonging consisted of a rectangular object wrapped in cloth, which it has not been possible to wrench from her. This retarded young woman, will reportedly be transferred to the penitentiary in Copenhagen when passage is available, charged with infanticide.
Characters - Voices:Narrator /Fox: Anne-Vibeke MogensenBaldur: Asger BonfilsSølvi: Michael Lundbye SlebsagerFriderik: Holger Østergaard KristensenHalfdan: Albert Stein AnkerstjerneAbba: Marie Thodberg
Figures and Scenery:Simon Eskildsen ([email protected])
Construction:Janne Fjeldtved & Søren Mortensen
Music:Simon Eskildsen & Frederik Lomborg
Engineering, lighting and sound design:: Søren Mortensen
Dramatization: Marie Thodberg & Søren Mortensen
with kind permission from the author
Dialogue: Marie Thodberg
Translation: Per Brink Abrahamsen & Marie Thodberg
Puppeteers: Marie Thodberg & Søren Mortensen
Note:Skygge Baldur (Shadow Baldur), a wild beast in Icelandic legends; supposedly the offspring of a cat and a vixen; a woolly, shady charac-ter (male), a miscreant
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