Stefán Karl as Count Mathew Shabelskii “Ivanov”
as one of his school graduation projects along side “Crows Palace” and “God exists… and love” first one being 1998′s “Ivanov” where he played as Count Shabelskii ,”A count and the maternal uncle of Ivanov. He was once someone rich and semi-powerful, but now he is not much in the way of anything. He is a grieving old man, still shaken by his wife’s death and the reality that he now lives in. He is broken and very sad, but he covers it up by being cruel, yet comical around others. “I’m always running myself down. Who am I? I used to be rich, free, and rather happy, but now…I’m a parasite, a hang on, an irresponsible buffoon…..”
The play originally premiered on 25.10.1998 in Lindarbæ