Worthless Men

Worthless Men is a musical theatre script by Christopher Nielsen, to music by Joachim Nielsen.

Christopher Nielsenwon The Ibsen Prize AKA The Norwegian Ibsen Award in 2009 for Worthless Men.

The jury gave the following reason:

"Christopher Nielsen is nominated for the play Worthless Men. The play opened at The Torshov Theatre March 5 2008. In his play Worthless Men Christopher Nielsen describes the outcasts of society with dark comedy and great concern. In a socially involved cabaret tradition that in Norway may be traced back to Jens Bjørneboe’s Happy Birthday, Christopher Nielsen provides a nice section showing four persons on the bottom of the social latter. This way he fills out the already known songs the production has been built around. The songs were written by his brother, the rock musician Joachim Nielsen, who lived from 1964 to 2000."

Source:

Ibsen Awards, www.ibsenawards.com, 26.11.2013, http://www.ibsenawards.com/ia/vinnere/christopher-nielsen/

Information

(Objekt ID 35993)
Object type Artwork
Original title Verdiløse menn
Work type Script
Published 2008
Language Norwegian
Original language Norwegian
Creators (2)
Christopher Nielsen – Author
Joachim Nielsen – Composer
Productions (1)
Title Premiere
Worthless Men (The National TheatreThe Torshov Theatre) 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2018