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Michael Meschke - specific productions From 1958 the performances took place - with a few exceptions - at Marionetteatern and where performed by the members of the company. For that reason only guest artists are mentioned in the list below. The year of the opening performance is mentioned in brackets after the title of the performance. |
Baptiste (1953)Baptiste is a solo string puppet performing pantomimes after the principles of Etienne Decroux. Puppet and puppeteer: Michael Meschke Photo: Lennart Jacob |
Benjamin (1953)is a string puppet. Its first appearance was in the role of a young poet in Nocturne I. Later on he appeared in the performances Circus, Benjamin's Bravado, The Return of Benjamin, Benjamin's circus and Benjamin's House. During many years he also appeared as Marionetteatern's own conferencier. Photo: Marionetteaterns arkiv |
A Soldier's Tale (1952 version I, 1959 version II) by C.F.
Ramuz.Music: Igor Stravinsky Technique: String puppets and one actor Direction and puppets: Michael Meschke Stage design (1959): Gilbert Regazzoni Guest artist: Anders Näslund as narrator Guestperformance: 1965: Dortmund, Iserlohn and Berlin Photo: Dagens Bild |
The Tales of Hoffman (1959)after E.T.A. Hoffmann Translation: Michael Meschke Music: Jacques Offenbach Technique: String puppets Direction and puppets: Michael Meschke Stage design: Gilbert Regazzoni Voices: Elisabeth Söderström and others (The performance was televised 1975 by SVT, Sweden, producer: Agneta Ginsburg) Photo: SVT, Sweden |
The Prince of Homburg (1962)by Heinrich von Kleist Translation: Gösta Montelin Music: Maurice Jarre Technique: Rod puppets Direction and puppets: Michael Meschke Stage design: Staffan Westerberg 1988: new revival with the company of Ariel Bufano at Teatro Municipal San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo: Beata Bergström |
The good Woman of Setchuan (1963)by Bertolt Brecht Translation: Ebbe Linde Music: Torbjörn Lundqvist Technique: Rod puppets Direction and puppets: Michael Meschke Stage design: Yngve Gamlin (The performance was televised 1964 by SVT, Sweden) Photo: Marionetteaterns arkiv |
Ubu Roi (1964)by Alfred Jarry Translation: Sture Pyk Music: Krzysztof Penderecki Technique: Actors, masks and mixed puppet technique Direction: Michael Meschke Stage design and puppets: Franciszka Themerson Guest artist: Allan Edwall as King Ubu (from 1965 Michel Meschke performed that part) Guest performances: 1965 in Bucharest 1966 in Braunschweig, Rom and Aquila 1967 in Bremen, Haag (Holland Festival), Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam and Edinburgh (Edinburgh Festival) 1968 in Lund, Milan (Piccolo Teatro), Nancy (Festival Mondial du Théâtre), Munich and Kiel (Kieler Woche) 1969 in Oslo, Berlin, Toulouse and Belgrade 1970 in Reykjavik 1971 in Kopenhagen and Vienna (Wiener Festwochen) 1975 in Gütersloh, Bonn, Manizales, Bogotá, Caracas, Mexico City, Havana and Rennes 1988 in Sofia (1988 World Puppetry Festival), Nagoya (XV UNIMA Congress), Iida, Hachioji, Seoul and Manila 1989 in Reims 1990 in Dordrecht (The performance was televised in 1972 by SVT, Sweden) Photo: Beata Bergström |
Divina Commedia (1970)after Dante Alighieri and Olof Lagercrantz' book "Från helvetet till paradiset", (From Hell to Paradise) Music: Pink Floyd and others Direction: Michael Meschke Stage design and masks: Lennart Mörk Technique: Actors, masks and others Guest artist: Jan Blomberg, Martin Lange, Åke Nygren, Seth Nilsson, Al Samfors, Jonas Uddemyr and others. Guest performances: 1971 in Vienna (Wiener Festwochen), Kiel (Kieler Woche 1971) and Kopenhagen Photo: Beata Bergström |
The Little Prince (1973)after Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Adaption by A. Jovanovic and Michael Meschke Music: Karl-Erik Welin Technique :mixed puppet technique and one actor Direction: Michael Meschke Stage design and puppets after the illustrations of the author Guest performances: 1973 in Paris (TNP under director Jack Lang), Helsingfors and Taastrup 1974 in Helsingfors and Tabarka (Festival Tunisie de Tabarka) Asian tour in 1974-75: in Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Hong Kong, Bangkok (at the National Theatre), Jakarta, Udaipur, New Delhi, Bombay and Ahmadabad 1975 in Wroclaw 1976 in Reykjavik (at the National Theatre) 1981 in Waasa 1991 in Stamsund, Bodö and Mo i Rana, Norway 2001 new revival of The Little Prince at Folkteatern, Gävle, on initiative of its Artistic leader Peter Oskarsson, who wished this performance continue being shown to a Swedish audience. Guest performances: 2005 in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur Photo: Beata Bergström |
Fulger et muerte de Joaquin Murieta (1973)by Pablo Neruda Music: Mariela Ferreira Technique: mixed puppet technique and actors Direction, stage design and puppets: Michael Meschke Guest artists: a Chilean orchestra, the actors Bo Lindström, Åke Nygren and others Guest performances: 1974 in Helsingfors and Zurich 1976 in Moscow (International Puppet Theatre Festival, XII UNIMA Congress) 1977 in Barcelona Photo: Beata Bergström |
Antigone (1977)by Sophocles Translation: Hjalmar Gullberg Music: Sven Berger Technique: Japanese bunraku-technique Direction, stage design and puppets: Michael Meschke Guest artists: Satoko and Sven Berger, Jan Blomberg, Jan Malmsjö, Sif Ruud Puppeteers: the ensemble of Marionetteatern and students from the Puppetry school at Marionetteatern. In coproduction with the The Dramatic Theatre/Dramaten, Stockholm The performance was presented at the inner court of Stockholm City Hall and at the Main stage of the The Dramatic Theatre/Dramaten, Stockholm Guest performances: 1977 in Istanbul (opening performance), Ankara and Athens (Lykabettos Open Air Theatre) Photo: Beata Bergström |
Odysseus - Saga of the Sea (1978)by Gösta Kjellin Music: Dómna Samiou Technique: Rod puppets Direction and puppets: Michael Meschke Guest performances: 1979 in London (Puppet Theatre '79 Festival) and Waasa 1985 in Palermo and Witten, Germany. Photo: Lesley Leslie-Spinks |
The Saga of Oedipus (1980)by Aeschylus, Euripides och Sophocles. Five plays in adaption by Gösta Kjellin and Michael Meschke Translations: Tord Baeckström, Hjalmar Gullberg and Emil Zilliacus Technique: actors, masks and mixed puppet technique Direction: Michael Meschke Stage design, puppets, masks and costumes: Lennart Mörk Guest artists: Jonas Bergström, Jan Blomberg, Palle Granditsky, Marie Göranzon, Mathias Henrikson, Irene Lindh, Jan Malmsjö, Sif Ruud, Ulla Sjöblom, Jan-Olof Strandberg, Frank Sundström och Birgitta Valberg In coproduction with the The Dramatic Theatre/Dramaten, Stockholm Guest performances: 1980 in Thessalonica (opening performance) and Athens (Lykabettos Open Air Theatre) In Stockholm the performance was presented in a tent in the court of the Armémuseet Photo: Lesley Leslie-Spinks |
Ramayana (1984)excerpt from the great epos by Valmiki, retold by William Buck Adaption and translation: Michael Meschke Music: from the classical Thai repertory Technique: dancers, musicians, actors and mixed puppet technique Direction: Michael Meschke Stage design and puppets after the mural paintings at the Wat Prah Kaew temple in Bangkok. International company: consisting of puppeteers Francois Boulay, Greta Bruggeman, Monika Meschke-Barth and Silvie Osman, mime artist Tony Sasivanji- Forsman, Michaela Meschke and Somporn Fourrage as well as Thai dancers and musicians from Bangkok and Stockholm. Guest performances: 1984 in Bangkok(opening performance), Tokyo, Nagoya, Sapporo, Dresden (XIV UNIMA Congress) and Paris 1985 in Athens Photo: André Lafolie Ramayana (2004) revival of the performance upon the initiative of Dr Kusuma Venzky-Stalling, lecturer at Thammasat University. The performance was presented at Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok, with professional Thai artists and students from Thammasat-, Chulalongkorn- and Silipakorn University. |
Irish Legend (1986)in co production with the Swedish Royal Theatre/Operan after Irische Legende, an opera by Werner Egk Translation: Michael Meschke Music adaption: Björn Hallman after Werner Egk Technique: singers, actors and mixed puppet technique Direction: Michael Meschke Puppets: Monika Meschke-Bart Actor: Christian Berling Singers: Christina Green, Ingrid Häggström, Ulf Johansson, Dorrit Kleimert, Karl-Robert Lindgren, Gunnar Randin and Inger Stark Mime artists: Vlado Juras and Soji Kawakita Puppeteers: François Boulay, Greta Bruggeman and Sylvie Osman Photo: Enar Merkel Rydberg |
Don Quixote (1988)after Miguel Cervantes, in adaption by Michael Meschke Technique: mixed puppet technique, masks and actors Direction: Michael Meschke Guest artists 1988: Teater Tarayena, Arunee Vasanserekul and Toru Senuma Guest performances: 1988 in Barcelona, Andorra, Madrid, Bilbao and Zaragoza 1989 in Sevilla, Alcala de Henares, Hydra, Umeå, Fredrikstad and Reims 1990 in Waasa, Porto Alegre, Bello Horizonte, Recife, Santiago de Chile, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Rosario 1991 in Chania, Rethymon and Charleville-Mézières (Festival Mondial des Théâtre de Marionnettes) 1992 in Nantou, Shinying and Taipei 1993 in Kristiansand Photo: Patricia Leeson |
The children of Sarajevo (1994)by Michael Meschke Music: folk music from Ex-Yugoslavia Technique: actor and table puppets Direction, stage design and puppets: Michael Meschke Guest performances: 1995 in Saint Petersburg and Perugia Photo: Henrik Lundqvist |
The Apocalypse Trial (English version) 1996Collage with excerpts from Mahatma Gandhi, Dante Alighieri, Alfred Jarry, August Strindberg, Cervantes, Bertolt Brecht, Sophocles and others. Direction: Michael Meschke Music: Homero Alvarez Technique: actors and mixed puppet technique Guest artists from Finland, France and Sweden Guest performances: 1996 i Åbo (opening night), New Delhi, Calcutta, Bangkok and Rhodes Photo: Kersten Felzmann Apokalypsen (Swedish version) 1998 Guest artists: Jorge Onofri, Margareta Hallin, Thomas Lundqvist, Arne Högsander, Magnus Erenius and others Orchestra: Stockholms Akademiska orkester Conductor: Helena Söderman In co operation with Dramatiska institutet, Stockholm |
Faust (1997)by Wolfgang Martin Schede after old folktales Direction: Michael Meschke Original string puppets: Harro Siegel Guest performances: 1997 in Braunschweig (XIV International Puppet Theatre Festival) 1998 in New Delhi Photo: Marionetteaterns arkiv |