Tricks and Treats

Tricks and Treats

(Tricks and Treats)

Translated by Hansjörg Betschart

Deutsch
Cast

2F / 2M

Accompanied by her husband Michael, a banker in the "new Europe", Julia visits her sister Elizabeth, a social worker, and her husband Harry, a teacher, to celebrate Elizabeth's birthday together. They eat well, drink and laugh a lot, they have animated talks about fitness training, conversational therapy, company philosophies. This takes quick wit, in a literal sense, as vicious barbs sneek in, indiscretions that quickly aim below the belt. "I believe that what I have written is a comedy up to the last half of the third act... but it is an evil one. There is no real humor without being a little bit cruel.» (Norén)

World premiere 3. und 4.11.1991 Swedish television (Director: Ulla Gottlieb)

Translations
German language premiere 28.11.2002 Staatstheater Mainz (Translator: Angelika Gundlach, Director: Christina Friedrich)
Portuguese premier Dezember 2013 Teatro Turim, Lissabon (Translator: Kjersti Kaasa, Director: João Canijo)

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