{"id":2736,"date":"2010-03-12T14:59:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T14:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.leiklist.is\/?p=2736"},"modified":"2020-03-02T10:17:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T10:17:39","slug":"iceland-2-leikfelag-selfoss-birtingur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leiklist.is\/en\/iceland-2-leikfelag-selfoss-birtingur\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland 2 &#8211; Leikf\u00e9lag Selfoss: Birtingur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2673\" src=\"https:\/\/leiklist.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Adildarfelog_Sudur_Selfoss_09_10_birtingur1.jpg\" alt=\"birtingur1\" style=\"float: right;\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/>Title of performance: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span>Birtingur<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">(Candide)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small; line-height:  22px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times;  font-size: medium; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Theatre Group:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Leikf\u00e9lag Selfoss<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Country:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight:  bold;\">Iceland<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Director: <span style=\"font-weight:  bold;\">\u00d3lafur Jens<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Date and time:<strong> Thursday August 13, 16.00 &#8211; 17.30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Candide, ou l&#8217;Optimisme (Birtingur in Icelandic) is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with <strong>optimism <\/strong>by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt change of this lifestyle, followed by Candide&#8217;s slow, painful disappointment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not outright rejecting optimism, advocating an enigmatic principle, &#8222;we must cultivate our garden&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>Candide is characterized by its sarcastic tone and its erratic, fantastical, and fast-moving plot. It parodies many adventure and romance clich\u00e9s, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years&#8217; War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title of performance: Birtingur (Candide) Theatre Group:\u00a0Leikf\u00e9lag Selfoss Country:\u00a0Iceland Director: \u00d3lafur Jens Date and time: Thursday August 13, 16.00 &#8211; 17.30 Candide, ou l&#8217;Optimisme (Birtingur in Icelandic) is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. 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