Om kärleken
Note: No longer in repertoire!
A new comedy about love
Om kärleken is based on the debut work of French author Stendhal (Henri Beyle). The play portrays its protagonist Stendhal’s agonies as he falls rapturously and unhappily in love. True to his philosophy, he also recognises the comedy in his tragic situation and draws on his own experiences to develop a theory about the nature of love. “By cross-referencing Stendhal’s other biographical works, among others, I allowed myself to reconstruct the author’s years in Milan during the fateful period of 1820–22. He genuinely wants a woman he can respect by his side, not some helpless creature. But how can he explain that to her when neither of them knows how it could possibly work? Ahead of their time, they remain trapped by convention. If Stendhal can be seen as a prototype of the eternal bachelor, he represents a type of person who is becoming increasingly common—perhaps even the norm. What is that person looking for? What do we really want?
Lilla Teatern, Georgsgatan 30
Directed by: Raila Leppäkoski
Cast: Edith Holmström, Marika Parkkomäki, Carl-Kristian Rundman, Jan-Christian Söderholm and Joachim Wigelius

















