The National Stage’s collection of posters(8)
The National Stage opened in Bergen in 1876 and is now one of Norway's three national theatre institutions. The National Stage was granted status as a national theatre in 1993. The theatre was founded as Det Norske Theater (literally: The Norwegian Theatre) in 1850, by initiative of Ole Bull. It ceased to exist in 1863 and reopened as The National Stage (Norwegian: Den Nationale Scene) in 1876. At the time, the theatre was located in the same venue in Engen where Ole Bull's Det Norske Theater had been active.
In 1909, the current theatre building opened, a building considered among Norway's foremost examples of monumental buildings in Jugend style (Art Nouveau). The main auditorium, foyer and vestibule were destroyed during World War II, and only temporary rebuilt. Since then, the building has gone through major changes, including additions, reconstruction, restoration, and technical modernisation. The building was given protected status by The Directorate of Cultural Heritage. In 2001, the main auditorium was restored to the style of the time of opening.
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June 24 2016, The National Stage's repertoire database was imported to the Sceneweb database. This means that the whole historical repertoire of the theatre, plus the repertoire of Det Norske Theater, was made publicly available.
Sceneweb has also collaborated withThe Theatre Archive at the University of Bergenover several years. The archive owns The National Stage'sphoto collection. The collaboration is mostly concentrated on digitisation and dissipation of photos originally on paper. This is ongoing work.
This collection shows the theatre's posters witch the theatre has delivered to The National Library of Norway, as part of public archiving policies. If you are looking for a selection of posters, e.g. posters from the 1970s so you can search specifically for it.
If you want to see an overview of the theatre's digitized photo collection, you can find it here.
If you want to see an overview of the theatre's digitized programme collection, you can find it here.
We wish to thank the theatre and The Theatre Archive at the University of Bergen for a fruitful collaboration and for choosing to share the archive with the public!