English: For Sigrid Undset, East of the Sun and West of the Moon was a labour of love, the culmination of a life-long interest in puppet theatre. Based on Asbjørnsen & Moe’s folktale of the same name, Undset’s play is not simply a retelling, but rather a reworking of the existing text, with details and motifs added by the Nobel laureate at the top of her game. This first English edition is published under a Creative Commons licence in the hope that someone somewhere will take the time and effort to stage East of the Sun and West of the Moon once again.