Lars Norén
Lars Norén
Lars Norén (1944–) is one of the most prominent artists in Sweden today. He made his debut as a poet in 1963 and has since that time been consistently topical, producing work in a variety of genres. Since his theatre debut in 1973 he has published approximately 70 plays. These have been performed on stages all over the world and are among the most produced plays in Europe by a living dramatist.
Norén’s characters speak with one another frankly and without censor. The exact tone in the lines is characteristic of his artistic power. In his plays, side by side with the naturalism, the poetic language of images is an important element and in the middle of the 1990’s the author takes a step out into society towards a sociological theatre. Today, Norén directs both his own and others’ plays. He himself has said that he can go on as an author in his directing, but that he foremost is an author.
With this study I hope to shed light on the author’s process indirectly, through the directing, through the way Norén captures the tone in what isn’t said and how his view on the text relates to the physical language of the actors.