Keeping up appearances
Keeping up appearances (1940) was a theatre production by Komediateatret. Keeping up appearances was the world premiere of a popular comedy by Claus Lavik. The production was performed as a summer theatre production at Komediateatret in Bergen.
The director was Lars Nygard.
Information
(Objekt ID 100890)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | July 30, 1940 |
| Produced by | Komediateatret |
| Based on | Keeping up appearances by Claus Lavik |
| Number of events | 62 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Popular comedy, Theatre |
| Running period | July 30, 1940 |
More
The action takes place in the yard at Heggbø, over the course of a summer. In our time (1940).
SOURCES:
Ludvigsen, Birthe-Lisbeth: masters thesis, University of Bergen
Frie teatergrupper og prosjektteater i Bergen 1970-2006 - en kontekstualisert oversikt og beskrivelse (literally: Independent Theatre Companies and Project Theatres in Bergen 1970-2006 – a contextualised overview and description), UiB 2007
The Theatre Archive at the University of Bergen, various dates
Contributors (11)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Claus Lavik | – Author |
| Lars Nygard | – Staging |
| Knut Askeland | – Decorations |
| Oddvar Lindtner | – Decorations |
| Borghild Foss | – Actor (Fru Stephansen, sommergjest) |
| Per Grut Løvig | – Actor (Apolonius, stud.filol., sommergjest) |
| Lars Gåsdal | – Actor (Per Heggbø, gårdbruker) |
| Alv Hordnes | – Actor (Marcelius, leiedreng) |
| Oddvar Lindtner | – Actor (Tor, dreng på Heggbø) |
| Ingrid Meyer | – Actor (Bjørg, Heggbøs datter) |
| Gudrun Møklebust | – Actor (Olina, Pers kone) |
Performance dates
| July 30, 1940 – Komediateatret / Musikkakademiet i Bergens sokkeletasje | Worldwide premiere |