A performance celebrating Hans Christian Andersen’s Bicentenary
Performed by Susse Wold
Fairy-tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Translated by R.P. Keigwin and M.R. James
Text written by Niels Birger Wamberg M.A.
Translated by Niels Davidsen-Nielsen
Set created by Jean Voigt
Music composed by Carl Nielsen
In the performance “It’s perfectly true” Susse Wold will tell you about Hans Christian Andersen’s strange and wonderful life, and she will read some of Andersen’s fairy-tales, such as:
“The Princess and the Pea”
“The Ugly Duckling”
“The Nightingale”
“It’s Perfectly True”
“The Butterfly”
“The Teapot”
The performance “It’s Perfectly True” has travelled all over the world and has been performed in Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Seoul, Honolulu, Tokyo, Hokaido, London, Berlin, Bruxelles, Luxembourg, Reykjavik, Sacramento, San Francisco, Nuuk, Julianehaab, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Sao Paulo and in Carnegie Hall in New York. And, of course, all over Denmark.
The play, which takes 1 hour and 15 minutes, can be performed in either Danish or in English. Each of the fairy-tales mentioned above can be read separately.
