in JEFFREY HATCHER’S new adaptation of the classic Swedish novel by HJALMAR SÖDERBERG.
Daniel Gerroll [Dr. Glas] left University in order to accept a place at London’s Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. His first engagement was at Southwold Summer theatre after which he made his London debut in John Whiting’s “Marching Song”. After a year at Harrogate rep in Yorkshire he landed a role in premier of “Once a Catholic” at the Royal Court Theatre. The production transferred to the West End where it ran for a number of years but he left in order to take roles and Birmingham Rep and The Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester. In 1980 he was cast in Chariots of Fire after which he moved to New York in order to repeat his role in “Once a Catholic” but a delay in getting his green card meant he was not able to join the cast. Instead he decided to stay in the USA. He has split his time between London, Los Angeles and New York with many stage appearances in Minneapolis, San Diego, Seattle, Santa Barbara, New Haven and Stamford. On Broadway he was in "Plenty", "High Society" and "Enchanted April". Off-Broadway he has appeared in over 30 productions since he moved to New York in 1981, winning a Theatre World Award, an Outer Critics Circle award and a Village Voice OBIE for 'sustained excellence'. His many roles have included Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing", Scrooge, Salieri, Henry Higgins in both the play and the musical, Bluntschli in "Arms and the Man" and Jack in "The Importance of Being Earnest". In New York Theatre he has performed in many premiers that have gone into the national repertoire. He was Yolland in the NYC premier of Brian Friel's classic "Translations" at the Manhattan Theatre Club where he went on to perform in a number of productions. He is an associate artist of the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor where he directed eight productions and appeared in as many, sometimes both directing and acting in "Blithe Spirit", "Accomplice" and "No Time for Comedy". On TV he has appeared in most of the best known shows such as "Seinfeld", "Cheers", "Sisters", "Ugly Betty”, “Partner Track” and "Blacklist" among others. His films include "Drop Dead Fred", "Still Alice", "Big Business" and the Oscar winning "Chariots of Fire". He currently performs Jeffrey Hatcher’s one-person adaptation of the classic Swedish novel by Hjalmar Soderberg, DR GLAS.
Jeffrey Hatcher’s [Playwright] plays have been produced on Broadway, off-Broadway and in theaters throughout the United States and around the world. Broadway: Never Gonna Dance (book). Off-Broadway: Three Viewings and A Picasso at Manhattan Theatre Club; Scotland Road and The Turn of the Screw at Primary Stages; The Government Inspector and The Alchemist at Red Bull; Tuesdays with Morrie (with Mitch Albom) at the Minetta Lane; Murder by Poe, The Turn of the Screw, and The Spy at The Acting Company; and Neddy at American Place. Other credits include Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Mrs. Mannerly, Murderers, Mercy of a Storm, Smash, Korczak's Children, To Fool the Eye, Confederacy of Dunces, The Critic, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Wait Until Dark, Dial M for Murder, and others at The Guthrie, Old Globe, Yale Rep, The Geffen, Seattle Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Arizona Theater Company, San Jose Rep, The Empty Space, Indiana Rep, Children’s Theater Company, History Theater, Madison Rep, Intiman, Illusion, Denver Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Actors Theater of Louisville, Philadelphia Theater Company, Huntington, Shakespeare Theatre (D.C.), Asolo, City Theater, Studio Arena and dozens more. Film and television credits include Stage Beauty, Casanova, The Duchess, Mr. Holmes, and episodes of “Columbo” and "The Mentalist." Grants/awards: NEA, TCG, Lila Wallace Fund, Rosenthal New Play Prize, Frankel Award, Charles MacArthur Fellowship Award, McKnight Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Barrymore Award Best New Play, and IVEY Award Best New Play. He is a member and/or alumnus of The Playwrights Center, the Dramatists Guild, the Writers Guild, and New Dramatists.
David Barrett [Translator] In addition to Doctor Glas, David Barrett has translated two other novels of Hjalmar Söderberg, poetry of Edith Södergran and works by Topelius, Kafka and Zweig. He occasionally writes stories of his own.
Born in Stockholm, Söderberg [Author] began his literary course at the Swedish news daily Svenska Dagbladet, age 20. Six years later his first novel was released, Förvillelser (Delusions, 1895), written from the viewpoint of a young dandy aimlessly idling in the capital, recklessly squandering money and love. The somber yet reflective and insightful story would prove typical of much of Söderberg's output. Subsequent to the release of Historietter (1898), a collection of twenty short stories, his next major work – Martin Bircks Ungdom (Martin Birck's Youth, 1901) – was released. Much like Förvillelser in terms of its vivid environmental depiction and acute perception, it follows the development of a young amateur poet. Söderberg's next novel, by some considered his masterpiece, was Doktor Glas (Doctor Glas, 1905). In a frightful tale of vengeance and passion, Söderberg stays true to his detached yet emotionally poignant writing style. The love story Den allvarsamma leken (The Serious Game, 1912) was Söderberg's last conventional novel.
A prolific short story writer, Söderberg published numerous stories in magazines and newspapers that was later collected in short story collections. Following his most famous book of short stories Historietter, these include Främlingarna ("The Strangers", 1903), Det mörknar öfver vägen ("It Is Darkening Over the Road", 1907) and Den talangfulla draken ("The Talented Dragon", 1913).
Söderberg was also a playwright, best known for Gertrud (1906) about the woman Gertrud who abstain the mediocre love from her husband and two lovers and choose to live in loneliness in waiting for the perfect love that may not be. He also wrote the plays Aftonstjärnan ("The Evening Star", 1912) and Ödestimmen ("The Hour of Destiny", 1922). -Wikipedia