I Am the Wind

by Jon Fosse, Simon Stephens (Translator)

Overview

The wind gathers, rising up suddenly.

Two men on a fragile boat, a trip to sea – a few drinks, a bite to eat – when one of them decides to push on to the open ocean. Suddenly there they are: among the distant islands, the threatening fog and gathering swell of the sea, bound together on an odyssey into the unknown.

Jon Fosse’s work includes novels, poetry, essays and books for children. He is one of the most produced playwrights in Europe and his plays have been translated into forty languages. Oberon Books publishes Nightsongs and The Girl on the Sofa, and his other plays in the following collections: Plays One, Plays Two, Plays Three, Plays Four and Plays Five. Plays Six is forthcoming in 2012.

Oberon Books also publishes The Luminous Darkness: The Theatre of Jon Fosse by Leif Zern (translated by Ann Henning-Jocelyn).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849430715
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/23/2011
Series:	Oberon Modern Plays
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Jon Fosse’s work includes novels, poetry, essays andbooks for children. He is one of the most produced playwrights in Europe and his plays have been translated into more thanforty languages. Oberon Books publishes Plays One (Someone Is Going to Come, The Name, The Guitar Man, The Child), PlaysThree (Mother and Child, Sleep my Baby Sleep, Afternoon, Beautiful, DeathVariations), Plays Four (And We’ll Never Be Parted, The Son, Visits, Meanwhilethe Lights Go Down and Everything Becomes Black), Plays Five (Suzannah, LivingSecretly, The Dead Dogs, A Red Butterfly’s Wing, Warm, Telemakos, Sleep),Nightsongs, The Girl on the Sofa and I Am The Wind. Fosse was made a Chevalierof the Ordre national du Mérite of France in 2007 and received TheInternational Ibsen Award in 2010.

Simon Stephens began his theatrical career in the literary department of the Royal Court Theatre, where he ran its Young Writers' Programme. His plays for theatre include Bluebird (Royal Court Theatre) Herons (Royal Court Theatre, 2001); Port (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, 2002); One Minute (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2003 and Bush Theatre, London, 2004); Christmas (Bush Theatre, 2004); Country Music (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 2004); On the Shore of the Wide World (Royal Exchange Theatre and National Theatre, London, 2005); Motortown (Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, 2006); Pornography (Tricycle Theatre, London, 2009); Harper Regan (National Theatre, 2008); Sea Wall (Bush Theatre, 2009); Heaven (Traverse Theatre, 2009); Punk Rock (Lyric Hammersmith, London, 2009); The Trial of Ubu (Essen Schauspielhaus/Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2010); A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky (co-written with David Eldridge and Robert Holman; Lyric Hammersmith, London, 2010); Wastwater (Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, 2011); Morning (Lyric Hammersmith, 2012); an adaptation of A Doll's House (Young Vic, 2012); an adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre, 2012); Blindsided (Royal Exchange, 2014); and Birdland (Royal Court, 2014). His radio plays include Five Letters Home to Elizabeth (BBC Radio 4, 2001) and Digging (BBC Radio 4, 2003). Awards include the Pearson Award for Best New Play, 2001, for Port; Olivier Award for Best New Play for On the Shore of the Wide World, 2005; and for Motortown German critics in Theater Heute's annual poll voted him Best Foreign Playwright, 2007. His adaptation of Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play.

Editorial Reviews

[an] outstanding version… This is a high point of the Young Vic’s 40th anniversary season.”— The Stage

“Fosse jettisons all the conventional rules of drama… seems like a meditation on language… the play grips because it appeals to something fundamental: it shows two cornered human beings in an extreme situation and demonstrates the power of love. [a] hypnotic production... cryptically haunting” 4 stars Michael Billington— The Guardian

“[it] exerts a beguiling, hypnotic pull… [the [production is] unusual, extraordinary, weird, and beautiful… must see” 4 stars - Michael Coveney— whatsonstage.com

“Fosse’s subject is the human condition, and this sparsely written play pares down the question of existence to its bare essentials… Chéreau’s production is a masterclass in minimalism, perfectionism and maybe a dozen other isms. Who cares? It tells Fosse’s story wonderfully well… colloquial and poetic.. Go on, give it a go!”— The Arts Desk

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