Salka – A Love Story
- Year
- 1999
- Type
- Theatre
- Role
- Salka Valka
- Venue
- Annað Svið / Hafnarfjarðarleikhúsið
- Director
- Hilmar Jónsson
Salka – ástarsaga (Salka – A Love Story) is a stage production based on one of Halldór Laxness’s best-known works. The story is about love, independence and the individual’s struggle with society. At its centre is Salka Valka, a young woman who refuses to bow to traditional gender roles and fights to shape her own destiny. Her love for Arnaldur becomes a story of conflict in which the longing for freedom, pride and human emotion collide.
In this adaptation we follow Salka Valka through one sleepless night as she looks back on her life and tries to decide whether to let go of the man she loves. The production was María’s initiative, and she played the adult Salka Valka.
Reviews
„The vast stage is in twilight. To the right a girl stands looking out of the window of a small hovel. A coastal ship sounds its departure horn. In the distance rise majestic Westfjords mountains; nearer, a pier stretches towards us. It is drizzling. This opening image of Salka – A Love Story in the old fish-processing hall in Hafnarfjörður will be unforgettable, so powerful is it, and time and again the production gave us such moments where content, image and sound merged into something greater.“
„A magnificent portrait of a woman. María played the mature Salka with feeling and conviction that cut deep … Magnea and María carry the production superbly …“
