S\u00e1um Nj\u00e1lu \u00ed Borgarleikh\u00fasinu \u00ed g\u00e6rkv\u00f6ld. Einhverju hefur slegi\u00f0 saman hj\u00e1 m\u00e9r \u00fev\u00ed \u00e9g taldi mig hafa s\u00e9\u00f0 J\u00f3n Vi\u00f0ar hr\u00f3sa s\u00fdningunni en \u00e1tta\u00f0i mig flj\u00f3tlega \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 hlaut a\u00f0 vera misskilningur. H\u00fan er skemmtileg en skortir d\u00fdpt, ofurfemin\u00edsk s\u00fdning og yfirm\u00e1ta sj\u00e1lfhverf \u00fear sem \u00e1horfandinn er ekki a\u00f0eins s\u00edfellt minntur \u00e1 a\u00f0 hann er \u00ed leikh\u00fasi, heldur einnig \u00e1 a\u00f0 leikendur beri n\u00f6fn og eigi s\u00e9r feril.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er ekkert n\u00fdtt a\u00f0 handritsh\u00f6fundar og leikstj\u00f3rnar noti leikh\u00fasi\u00f0 sem kassa til a\u00f0 r\u00f6fla \u00e1 og sj\u00e1lfsagt a\u00f0 listamenn noti sj\u00e1lfa sig sem efnivi\u00f0. \u00c9g skil hinsvegar ekki til hvers er veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 blanda Nj\u00e1lu \u00ed \u00feessa kraftmiklu og \u00e1 k\u00f6flum ofhl\u00f6\u00f0nu s\u00fdningu, en a\u00f0standendur hennar vir\u00f0ast vera t\u00f6luvert hrifnari af sj\u00e1lfum s\u00e9r og Helgu Kress en Brennu-Nj\u00e1ls s\u00f6gu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Svo sanngirni s\u00e9 g\u00e6tt, skal teki\u00f0 fram a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er margt vel gert \u00ed \u00feessari s\u00fdningu. Umgj\u00f6r\u00f0in \u00f6ll er geysilega vel heppnu\u00f0. Svi\u00f0smyndin skemmtileg, leikgervi og b\u00faningar h\u00e6fa \u00feessari uppsetningu mj\u00f6g vel, lj\u00f3sanotkun hr\u00edfandi. Verulega flott t\u00f3nlist og sum dansatri\u00f0in firna flott. Hinsvegar f\u00e6r ma\u00f0ur \u00e1 tilfinninguna a\u00f0 allar \u00fe\u00e6r skemmtilegu hugmyndir sem upp komu vi\u00f0 undirb\u00faning hafi veri\u00f0 nota\u00f0ar, \u00e1n tillits til \u00feess hvort \u00fe\u00e6r h\u00e6f\u00f0u efninu e\u00f0a einu sinni \u00e1n tilraunar til \u00feess a\u00f0 s\u00fdna fram \u00e1 a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r komi \u00fev\u00ed nokku\u00f0 vi\u00f0. Tenging Nj\u00e1ls vi\u00f0 Jabba the Hutt er t.d. me\u00f0 \u00f6llu \u00f3skiljanleg og vir\u00f0ist fremur til \u00feess ger\u00f0 a\u00f0 gefa b\u00faningah\u00f6nnu\u00f0inum t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri til a\u00f0 spreyta sig en a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3na s\u00f6gunni. Sk\u00f6punargle\u00f0in ber smekkv\u00edsina ofurli\u00f0i, h\u00e9r er of miki\u00f0 af \u00f6llu, bl\u00f3\u00f0ba\u00f0 \u00e6tti a\u00f0 vera trag\u00edskt og hryllilegt en \u00feegar bl\u00f3\u00f0i er slett linnulaust ver\u00f0ur ma\u00f0ur \u00f3n\u00e6mur fyrir \u00fev\u00ed og \u00ed lokin er \u00fea\u00f0 or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00e1l\u00edka \u00f3gnvekjandi og glass\u00far. Leikarar standa \u00e1 \u00f6skrunum st\u00f3ran hluta s\u00fdningarinnar \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 auki \u00e1hrifam\u00e1tt \u00feeirra a\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0i og dansarar hoppa, st\u00f6kkva, engjast og i\u00f0a. Teki\u00f0 er teki\u00f0 fram, undir \u00f6llu i\u00f0inu, a\u00f0 sagan s\u00e9 kyn\u00f3sa en t\u00falkunin \u00e1 meintri samr\u00e6\u00f0isf\u00fdsn er fremur \u00f3spennandi hjakk, hvorki fallega er\u00f3t\u00edsk n\u00e9 n\u00f3gu ruddaleg til a\u00f0 snerta blyg\u00f0unarkennd \u00e1horfandans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S\u00fdningin er a\u00f0 uppist\u00f6\u00f0u skr\u00edpaleikur og st\u00f3rf\u00edn sem sl\u00edk, \u00fea\u00f0 er sj\u00e1lfsagt a\u00f0 gr\u00ednast me\u00f0 Nj\u00e1lu og afskr\u00e6ma hana eins og \u00f6nnur verk. Hinsvegar vir\u00f0ist sem um lei\u00f0 s\u00e9 \u00e6tlunin a\u00f0 hr\u00e6ra hjarta \u00e1horfandans; koma til skila hinum harmr\u00e6nu atbur\u00f0um s\u00f6gunnar, svo sem v\u00edgi Gunnars, v\u00edgi H\u00f6skuldar Hv\u00edtanessgo\u00f0a, heift Hildigunnar og brennunni. \u00dea\u00f0 tekst engan veginn enda hvorki vi\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 b\u00faast, eftir allt \u00feetta skr\u00edp\u00f3, a\u00f0 \u00e1horfandinn n\u00e9 leikendur taki \u00feetta afskr\u00e6mda afbrig\u00f0i af Nj\u00e1li alvarlega, finni til sam\u00fa\u00f0ar me\u00f0 Hildigunni og hrolli yfir hefndarhug hennar e\u00f0a hneykslist \u00e1 framg\u00f6ngu Skarph\u00e9\u00f0ins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pers\u00f3nurnar eru svona misvel heppna\u00f0ar. Brynhildur Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir er fur\u00f0u sannf\u00e6randi sem Nj\u00e1ll \u2013 sem ver\u00f0ur a\u00f0 teljast hreint afrek \u00ed \u00feessu skr\u00edpalega gervi. \u00d6ll k\u00f3m\u00edsku atri\u00f0in eru a\u00f0 m\u00ednu mati vel heppnu\u00f0 og leikurinn g\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fear sem gr\u00edni\u00f0 er \u00ed fyrirr\u00fami. Hinsvegar missir alvaran marks og \u00fea\u00f0 kemur ni\u00f0ur \u00e1 leik og pers\u00f3nusk\u00f6pun. \u00cd me\u00f0f\u00f6rum \u00feess st\u00f3rf\u00edna leikara, Hjartar J\u00f3hanns J\u00f3hannssonar, orka sv\u00edvir\u00f0ingar Skarph\u00e9\u00f0ins fremur \u00e1 mann sem d\u00f3naleg hr\u00f3p gl\u00e6pamanns en yfirvega\u00f0 og kjarnyrt n\u00ed\u00f0 af h\u00e1lfu sv\u00f6rtustu hetju s\u00f6gunnar. Ef til vill m\u00e1 skrifa \u00fea\u00f0 \u00e1 leikstj\u00f3rnina \u00fev\u00ed Hj\u00f6rtur J\u00f3hann s\u00fdnir annars st\u00f3rleik, ekki s\u00edst \u00ed brennuatri\u00f0inu, sem \u00fe\u00f3 missir marks, eftir allt i\u00f0i\u00f0, argi\u00f0, og kynuslann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00der\u00e1tt fyrir \u00e1herslu a\u00f0standenda \u00e1 femin\u00edska b\u00f3kmenntat\u00falkun er s\u00fa Hallger\u00f0ur sem h\u00e9r birtist gj\u00f6rsamlega laus vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 vera sympat\u00edsk enda t\u00e6kif\u00e6rin til \u00feess a\u00f0 vekja sam\u00fa\u00f0 me\u00f0 henni vann\u00fdtt. Ofbeldi af h\u00e1lfu fyrri eiginmanna hennar hef\u00f0i gefi\u00f0 \u00e1g\u00e6tt tilefni til a\u00f0 sk\u00fdra \u00f3v\u00e6gna afst\u00f6\u00f0u hennar til Gunnars, eftir a\u00f0 hann rekur henni kinnhestinn, en l\u00f6\u00f0rungar fyrri eiginmanna fara fyrir ofan gar\u00f0 og ne\u00f0an. \u00dej\u00f3st\u00f3lfur gerir heldur ekkert fyrir Hallger\u00f0i. Lov\u00edsa \u00d3sk Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir s\u00fdnir geggju\u00f0 svipbrig\u00f0i og hef\u00f0i vafal\u00edti\u00f0 noti\u00f0 s\u00edn \u00ed hlutverki sem henta\u00f0i \u00fatliti hennar en s\u00e1 \u00dej\u00f3st\u00f3lfur sem sagan segir fr\u00e1 er ekki falleg kona sem rotar naut me\u00f0 augnar\u00e1\u00f0inu, heldur karl, d\u00f3lgslegur \u00ed framg\u00f6ngu og fyrirfer\u00f0armikill. Hann hef\u00f0i \u00feurft a\u00f0 vera tr\u00faver\u00f0ugri \u00fev\u00ed uppf\u00f3stur Hallger\u00f0ar hj\u00e1 honum er auglj\u00f3s sk\u00fdring \u00e1 har\u00f0lyndi hennar enda sagt berum or\u00f0um \u00ed s\u00f6gunni a\u00f0 hann s\u00e9 henni \u201eenginn skapb\u00e6tir\u201c. Einnig er \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 bent \u2013 \u00fe\u00f3tt \u00ed \u00f6\u00f0ru samhengi s\u00e9 \u2013 a\u00f0 fj\u00f3r\u00f0ungi breg\u00f0i til f\u00f3sturs. \u00dea\u00f0 \u00fearf ekki einu sinni f\u00f3rnarlambsfeminisma til a\u00f0 gera Hallger\u00f0i a\u00f0 p\u00edslarhetju en Hallger\u00f0ur leikverksins er alveg jafn \u00f3vi\u00f0felldin og Hallger\u00f0ur s\u00f6gunnar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00fa vill svo til Nj\u00e1la er vel kynnt og m\u00e1 \u00e6tla a\u00f0 flestir \u00cdslendingar \u00feekki s\u00f6guna n\u00f3gu vel til a\u00f0 \u00e1tta sig \u00e1 samhenginu. S\u00e1 sem ekki \u00feekkir s\u00f6guna er \u00fe\u00f3 litlu n\u00e6r um s\u00f6gu\u00fer\u00e1\u00f0inn a\u00f0 s\u00fdningu lokinni, til \u00feess er sagan allt of sundurslitin og \u00f3lj\u00f3st hva\u00f0a atri\u00f0i tilheyra s\u00f6gunni og hva\u00f0a atri\u00f0i eru innskot. \u00dea\u00f0 \u00e1 vafalaust a\u00f0 vera hluti af snilldinni, enn eitt dissi\u00f0 \u00e1 hugmyndina um a\u00f0 Nj\u00e1la og a\u00f0rar \u00cdslendingas\u00f6gur s\u00e9u h\u00f6fundaverk. Og \u00fea\u00f0 hef\u00f0i kannski heppnast ef h\u00f6fundar e\u00f0a ekkih\u00f6fundar \u00feessa skr\u00edpaleiks hef\u00f0u eitthva\u00f0 \u00ed h\u00f6fund Nj\u00e1lu a\u00f0 gera. En svo er n\u00fa ekki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00cd me\u00f0f\u00f6rum Borgarleikh\u00fassins er Nj\u00e1la \u00e1g\u00e6tis af\u00fereying en s\u00fdningin er st\u00f3rlega ofmetin og hana skortir d\u00fdpt. Tengingin vi\u00f0 menningu og list n\u00fat\u00edmans og kynlegar kenningar Helgu Kress eru \u00e1takanlega kj\u00e1nalegar \u00ed samanbur\u00f0i vi\u00f0 hi\u00f0 dramat\u00edska b\u00f3kmenntaverk Brennu-Nj\u00e1ls s\u00f6gu. \u00deetta er flott s\u00fdning, alveg hreint gl\u00e6sileg skr\u00fa\u00f0ganga \u2013 en keisarinn er nakinn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
S\u00e1um Nj\u00e1lu \u00ed Borgarleikh\u00fasinu \u00ed g\u00e6rkv\u00f6ld. Einhverju hefur slegi\u00f0 saman hj\u00e1 m\u00e9r \u00fev\u00ed \u00e9g taldi mig hafa s\u00e9\u00f0 J\u00f3n Vi\u00f0ar hr\u00f3sa s\u00fdningunni en \u00e1tta\u00f0i mig flj\u00f3tlega \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 hlaut a\u00f0 vera misskilningur. H\u00fan er skemmtileg en skortir d\u00fdpt, ofurfemin\u00edsk s\u00fdning og yfirm\u00e1ta sj\u00e1lfhverf \u00fear sem \u00e1horfandinn er ekki a\u00f0eins s\u00edfellt minntur \u00e1 a\u00f0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[149,373],"tags":[422,429],"class_list":["post-2073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-list-lettmeti","category-listir","tag-leikhus","tag-njala","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n