The Life and Works of Ingmar Bergman

Hal Leonard Australia on behalf of Josef Weinberger Ltd is proud to represent the works of one of the world’s most influential film directors, Ingmar Bergman. Now for the first time Australian theatre companies can present his works - on stage. Strindberg, Ibsen, Shakespeare and Moliere were the pillars of Bergman’s work in the theatre and they inevitably influenced his own works. Whether for film or theatre, they are deeply personal pieces that address universal human concerns in a profoundly thoughtful and questioning way.  Stage versions of a number of the films have already been successfully adapted and more will certainly follow.  As he both wrote and directed his films, Bergman in fact conceived his screenplays as plays to be filmed, and they require little or no adaptation - merely translation - for performance in the theatre. about...   Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) is one of the most famous and influential directors in the history of film. From the age of 9, when he acquired an old magic lantern, he was also a stage director and playwright. His first stage was his own private miniature one, at home, whose scenery and lighting were self-designed and whose actors were marionettes, performing Strindberg plays in which he spoke all the parts himself. At the age of 19, he entered Stockholm University to study art and literature, but spent most of his time there in student theatre and developing his writing.  He became an assistant director at a local theatre, directing one of his own scripts, Caspar’s Death, which came to the attention of the Svensk Filmindustri.  This marked his big break into film. At age 26, the year in which he wrote his first screenplay, “Torment”, he became the youngest theatre manager in Europe at the Helsingborg City Theatre. He moved to the Gothenburg City Theatre from 1946 to 1949 and directed Malmö City Theater for seven years from 1953. Many of the stars of his films began working with Bergman on the stage. A number of actors in the “Bergman troupe” of his 1960s films came from Malmö‘s City Theatre (including Max von Sydow). He was the director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm - from 1960 to 1966 and manager from 1963 to 1966. He left Sweden in the 1970s following an accusation of tax evasion (which proved to be unfounded) by the Swedish authorities, and directed the Residenz Theatre in Munich from 1977 to 1984. He remained active in theatre throughout his life, having returned to Sweden after an eight-year absence, his final production was Ibsen’s The Wild Duck, at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 2002. his works... CLICK HERE! to download descriptions of each play! (pdf) AFTER THE REHEARSAL ALL THESE WOMEN AUTUMN SONATA Cast:  1 Male 2 Female Additional Casting:  1 Boy, 1 Girl  Length: Full  Set: Interior       Genre: Drama Cast: 5 Male 6 Female Length: Full Set: Flexible Genre: Drama Cast: 5 Male 5 Female Additional Casting: 1 Girl Length: Full Set: Interior Genre: Drama THE BEST INTENTIONS CRIES AND WHISPERS THE DEVIL'S EYE Cast: 9 Male 7 Female Length: Full Set: Flexible Genre: Comedy Cast: 4 Male 5 Female Length: Full Set: Interior Genre: Drama Cast: 3 Male 1 Female Length: Short Set: Interior Genre: Drama FAITHLESS FANNY AND ALEXANDER SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE Cast: 3 Male 2 Female Additional Casting: 1 Girl Length: Full Set: Interior Genre: Drama Cast: 14 Male 10 Female Additional Casting: 2 Girls, 1 Boy Length: Full Set: lexible Genre: Drama Cast: 3 Male 6 Female Additional Casting: 1 Girl Length: Full Set: Interior Genre: Drama Contact us today to apply for or to peruse any of these great works!