Fanny and Alexander

Fanny and Alexander

Fanny and Alexander

Stephen Beresford, Ingmar Bergman

Fanny and Alexander

Fanny and Alexander

Stephen Beresford, Ingmar Bergman

Overview

Amongst the gilded romance and glamour of 1900s Sweden, siblings Fanny and Alexander's world is turned upside down when their widowed mother remarries the iron-willed local bishop.  As creative freedom and rigid orthodoxy clash, a war ensues between imagination and austerity in this magical study of childhood, family and love.

Legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece Fanny & Alexander is translated to the stage by BAFTA award-winning writer Stephen Beresford, premiering at the Old Vic, London, in February 2018.

Authors

Author
Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman
Born in the city of Uppsala to a conservative Lutheran minister and his wife, Ingmar Bergman’s childhood was a difficult one. Along with his brother and sister, he was subjected to strict disciplinary measures that possibly encouraged his tendency to seek solace and inspirati ...
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