Herra Huu

Original name Herra Huu
Kirjoittajat Hannu Mäkelä
Original language Finnish
Premiere year 1984
Theater Turun Kaupunginteatteri / Turku City Theatre
Keywords Play for children and youth

Performances abroad

Ugala Teater, Viljandi, Estonia 2004;
Teatr Stacja Szamocin, Poland 2001;
Teatr Groteska, Krakow, Poland 1993

Synopsis

Roles: male 2, female 1

Mister Boo is a play about children's fear of the dark, about how this fear is visualized as Mister Boo and how this fear is overcome. Mister Boo's main occupation is frightening children, but he never really succeeds because Mister Boo is a rather dreamy and lazy sort of character. The children in the play and those in the audience begin to feel pity for Mister Boo, and also to consider themselves rather superior to him, although Boo himself - luckily for him - doesn't seem to be aware of this. The play takes a whimsical and humorous look at familiar things, showing how an adult, too, can be afraid. And yet, Mister Boo is also full of magic and and mystery, because, after all, he is a real witch.

Translations

Language English
Translation name Mister Boo
Translators Tim Steffa
Copies available TINFO Theatre Info Finland, tinfo(at)teatteri.org
Drama agency Nordic Drama Corner, office(at)dramacorner.fi

Language Swedish
Translation name Herr Hu
Translators Bo Carpelan
Copies available The Finnish Dramatists' Union, http://www.sunklo.fi
Drama agency Nordic Drama Corner, office(at)dramacorner.fi

Language Estonian
Translation name Härra Huu
Translators Rein Saluri
Copies available Eesti Näitemänguagentuur / Estonian Drama Agency, ena(at)kul.ee
Drama agency Nordic Drama Corner, office(at)dramacorner.fi

Language Estonian
Translation name Härra Huu
Translators Aare Toikka
Copies available Eesti Näitemänguagentuur / Estonian Drama Agency, ena(at)kul.ee
Drama agency Nordic Drama Corner, office(at)dramacorner.fi

Language Polish
Translation name Pan Huczek
Translators Joanna Trzciska-Mejor
Julkaisija Wydawnictwo Novus Orbis, Gdañsk 1984
Drama agency Nordic Drama Corner, office(at)dramacorner.fi