The Name (Nynorsk: Namnet) is a 1995 play by the Norwegian writer Jon Fosse.
It tells the story of a young couple, expecting a child, who move in with the woman's parents, with failures in communication as a consequence.
The play premiered on 27 May 1995, directed by Kai Johnsen for Den Nationale Scene in Bergen, during the Bergen International Festival.
[1] A production by the German theatre company Schaubühne and the director Thomas Ostermeier was performed at the 2000 Salzburg Festival.
[3] Together with Claude Régy's 1999 Nanterre production of Someone is Going to Come, Ostermeier's production of The Name became Fosse's definitive international breakthrough.