FOUR POEMS FOR SANJUKTA
By Eugenio Barba
Montemor-O-Novo, 1998

Actors and musicians from different cultures tell their stories of illusions and of love invoking our brother Doctor Faust who threw away his wisdom for a life of illusions.

Goethe: Iben Nagel Rasmussen
Dr Faust: Torgeir Wethal
Mephisto: Augusto Omolú
Margherita (lover of Faust): Kanichi Hanayagi
Marthe (lover of Mephisto): Sae Nanaogi
The Woman who murdered the Old Husband: Roberta Carreri
The Old Husband: Cristina Wistari
The Young Lover: I Nyoman Jony
Peasant woman: Ni Wayan Sekarini
Three Dancing Girls: Sae Nanaogi, Ni Made Sarniani and Julia Varley
Two Girls playing: Ni Ketut Maringsih and Ni Made Sarniani
Mad Margherita: Julia Varley, I Made Djimat and Augusto Omolú
Margherita’s Ghost: Sae Nanaogi
Rangda (Balinese Witch): I Made Djimat
Mr & Mrs Peanut: Julia Varley
Barong (Balinese Lion): I Nyoman Jony and I Wayan Naka
Shishi (Japanese Lion): Akira Mark Oshima
Garuda (Vishnu’s Vulture): Ni Ketut Maringsih
Kleist’s Bear: Kai Bredholt
Balinese Clowns: I Made Djimat and I Waya Bawa
Japanese Clown: Jutaiichiro Hanayagi
Odin Clown: Roberta Carreri

Musicians and singers:
BALI: I Made Djimat, I Waya Bawa, I Wayan Naka, I Nyoman Budi Artha, I Nyoman Jony, Ni Made Sarniani, Ni Wayan Sekarini.
BRAZIL: Ory Sacramento.
INDIA: Raghunath Panigrahi (singer, harmonium), Hemant Kumar Das (sitar), Chinmaya Kumar-Dash (drums), Annada Pasanna Pattnaik (flute).
JAPAN: Kunitoshi Kineya (shamisen), Sanshichiro Kineya (singer)
ODIN TEATRET: Kai Bredholt (accordion), Emil Ferslev (percussion), Jan Ferslev (guitar), Nikolaj de Fine Licht (flutes), Frans Winther (violin & accordion).

Music:
Compositions by: Kai Bredholt, Bob Dylan, Jan Ferslev, Ivan Hansen, Raghunath Panigrahi and Frans Winther. Drum rhythms, classical themes and folk tunes from Bali, Brazil, Europe, India and Japan.

Stage design: ISTA
Lights: Fernando Jacon
Sound: Martin Damgaard Kristensen
Technicians: Knud Erik Knudsen, Poul Østergaard
Assistant Director: Julia Varley
Literary Advisor: Nando Taviani
Dramaturge and Director: Eugenio Barba

Four Poems

I
YOU COME FROM THE SURROUNDING MIST
FICKLE SHADOWS FROM MY PAST
DRAW NEAR TO ME
WILL I FEEL AGAIN IN MY HEART THE DREAMS OF THAT TIME
I HESITATE TO HOLD?

FICKLE FIGURES
WITH YOUR UNTOUCHABLE IMAGES OF HAPPY DAYS
HOW MANY DEAR SHADOWS RETURN WITH YOU
WITH OLD LOVES AND FIRST FRIENDSHIPS?

BUT LIFE ADVANCES INTO THE LABYRINTH
DISPERSING THE MULTITUDE OF FRIENDS.
REMEMBRANCES OF TIMES FORGOTTEN
(LONGINGS FOR TIMES FORGOTTEN)

CARRY ME INTO THE MUTE UNIVERSE OF SPIRITS
MY HARDENED HEART GROWS SOFT AND TENDER
THAT WHICH IS NOW MINE I SEE AS FAR AWAY
AND THAT WHICH I HAVE LOST IS MY ONLY REALITY
(from the dedication to Faust by Goethe)

II
THERE’S BEAUTY IN THAT SILVER SINGING RIVER
THERE’S BEAUTY IN THAT RAINBOW IN THE SKY
BUT NONE OF THESE AND NOTHING ELSE CAN TOUCH THE BEAUTY
THAT I REMEMBER IN MY TRUE LOVE’S EYES.
I CAN’T SEE MY REFLECTION IN THE WATER
I CAN’T SPEAK NO SOUND TO SHOW MY PAIN
I CAN’T HEAR THE ECHO OF MY FOOTSTEPS
NOR REMEMBER THE SOUND OF MY OWN NAME.
AND IF ONLY MY OWN TRUE LOVE WAS WITH ME
AND I COULD HEAR HER HEART SO SOFTLY POUNDING
IF ONLY SHE WAS LYING BY ME
I WOULD LIE IN MY BED ONCE AGAIN.
(Silver River by Bob Dylan)

III
YOU ARE CALLED UPON TO ACT,
NOT TO ENJOY THE FRUIT OF YOUR ACTION.
DO NOT DEPEND ON THE FRUITS OF YOUR ACTION.
DO THAT WHICH YOU MUST DO, WITHOUT WORRYING
ABOUT SUCCESS OR FAILURE
AND DO NOT ASK, DO NOT ASK.
THAT IS WHAT WE CALL
DISCIPLINE.
(Bhagavat Gita)

IV
YOUR CHARIOT WILL SMOOTHLY CROSS
THE OCEAN’S ROUGH WAVES
AS A MIGHTLY WARRIOR
YOU WILL CONQUER THE SEVEN ISLANDS
MAY THE KING SERVE THE PEOPLE’S GOOD
MAY THE SPEECH OF POETS FLOW FREELY
OH YOU, ALMIGHTY SHIVA,
PUT AN END TO MY CYCLE OF REBIRTHS
(Sakuntala by Kalidasa)

FOUR POEMS FOR SANJUKTA By Eugenio Barba Montemor-O-Novo, 1998

FOUR POEMS FOR SANJUKTA
By Eugenio Barba
Montemor-O-Novo, 1998