Geografi og Kærlighed
| Geografi og Kærlighed | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Lothar Lindtner in Geografi og Kjærlighet (c. 1969) | |
| Written by | Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson |
| Date premiered | 1885 |
| Place premiered | Christiania Theatre, Oslo, Norway |
| Original language | Norwegian |
Geografi og Kærlighed (Geography and Love) is a play by the Norwegian playwright Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.[1] It was written in 1885 and it premiered at the Christiania Theatre on October 21, 1885. Bjørnson later reworked the last act of the play in the winter of 1893–1894.[2]
The main characters in the play are Professor Tygesen and his wife Karen.
The play appeared in an English translation by Edwin Björkman titled Love and Geography in 1914.[3][4]
The play has been performed a number of times in Norway's leading theaters, and it was filmed by NRK's Television Theater department in 1975.
References[edit]
- ^ Hannevik, Arne (2009). "Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ Nitschke, Ryszard K. (1980). Der Figurenaufbau in Björnstjerne Björnsons Dramen. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. p. 35.
- ^ Næss, Harald S. (1993). A History of Norwegian Literature. Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press. p. 138.
- ^ "Home Ties Illustrated". The Boston Globe. August 8, 1914. p. 3. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links[edit]
- Editions from 1885, 1893, and 1955 at the National Library of Norway