The Name
Jon Fosse
Original title: Namnet
Publisher: Samlaget, 1995
Genre: Play
In this award-winning play, we meet a young couple expecting a child. They are homeless and on their way to the girl’s parents house. The Name is a play about the difficulties we have understanding one another and the longing for a significant other who cares about oneself. By placing seemingly simple characters in critical moments, Fosse’s communicates the common, yet crucial aspects about the modern human condition.
“Fosse has influenced our way of thinking just as Samuel Beckett once did.” Randolf Walderhaug (Director)
The Name is Fosse’s second play, originally written in 1995.
Foreign rights
French, Portuguese, Czech, Swedish, Romanian, German, Hungarian, Korean, Latvian, Slovakian.
Awards
Ibsenprisen, 1996.