The Ritual

(Riten)
Year: 1967
Cast: 3 male, 1 female
Set: Interior

The Ritual

(Riten)
Year: 1967
Cast: 3 male, 1 female
Set: Interior

To enquire about or apply for a license to perform The Ritual, please contact Josef Weinberger, Ltd.
plays@jwmail.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7580 2827

‘Diabolic ritual in the twilight zone between horror and laughter.’
– Kvällsposten on the 2013 Copenhagen production of The Ritual

Accused of obscenity, a small theatre company appears before a judge. Tension ensues (between the actors and the magistrale, as well as between the thespians themselves). The Ritual, a lesser known Bergman piece, originally conceived as a television play, is eminently performable on stage, whether as a lavish burlesque or as a stripped-down production à la Beckett.
 

Notable productions

  • Dramaten, Stockholm 2018 (dir. Emil Graffman)
    (Picture above)
     
  • Får 302, Copenhagen 2013 (dir. Jens August Wille)
     
  • Radnóti Theatre, Budapest 2008 (dir. Andor Lukáts)