The Johanne Dybwad Tour
The Johanne Dybwad Tour was a theatre tour, with a troupe consisting of actors who were all connected to The National Theatre in Oslo. The company was an ad hoc constellation formed for the sake of a tour in Norway, Denmark and Germany from September 1907 until December the same year. The touring schedule consisted of four productions of Ibsen plays: Rosmersholm, The Master Builder, Ghosts and A Doll's House.
Johanne Dybwad led the company.
The list of performers included Johanne Dybwad, August Oddvar, Harald Stormoen, Ludvig Bergh, Sophie Reimers, Thomas Thomassen, Alfhild Stormoen and Augusta Olsen.
Information
(Objekt ID 55572)| Object type | Organization |
| Organization type | Theatre company |
| Main focus | Theatre |
| Established | 1907 (closed 1907) |
Contact information
| Address | Oslo, Norway |
Other information
| Legal entity | Limited liability company/AS or ASA |
Rosmersholm, The Master Builder and Ghosts premiered at The Theatre in Trondhjem, after which The Johanne Dybwad Tour went on to visit Bergen (Norway), Germany and Denmark.
A Doll's House premiered at The National Stage in Bergen, Norway, after which it was part of the touring schedule in Germany and Denmark.
The tour's productions were not well received in Germany. At the time, German theatre was characterised by naturalism, and the view of most German critics and audience members was that the Norwegian productions lacked depth. However, The German director Max Reinhardt, who was part of the revival of theatricality trend, noticed the potential of Johanne Dybwad. In the time to follow, she came to find great inspiration in his work.
SOURCES:
The National Library of Norway, ibsen.nb.no, 22.05.2015, http://ibsen.nb.no/id/53639, http://ibsen.nb.no/id/53653, http://ibsen.nb.no/id/53623, http://ibsen.nb.no/id/11118363,
Sceneweb, sceneweb.no, 27.05.2016, http://sceneweb.no/nb/multimedia/33212
| Title | Premiere |
|---|---|
| A Doll's House | – September 24, 1907 |
| Ghosts | – September 16, 1907 |
| Rosmersholm | – September 15, 1907 |
| The Master Builder | – September 14, 1907 |
| Balkonen | – June 1, 1900 |
| Johanne Dybwad | – Artistic director |