Saturday evening at the mountain farm

Saturday evening at the mountain farm (1945) was a theatre production by Komediateatret. Saturday evening at the mountain farm was based on a play of the same title by Jens Tvedt. The final performance took place on 7 May 1945. This was the last production under the directorship of Lars Nygard. He was forced to step down as theatre director after World War II, since he was associated with the pro-Nazi Norwegian National Socialist party (Nasjonal Samling).

The director of this production was Alv Hordnes.

Information

(Objekt ID 102213)
Object type Production
Premiere April 14, 1945
Produced by Komediateatret
Based on Saturday evening at the mountain farm by Jens Tvedt
Audience Adults
Number of events 31
Language Norwegian Nynorsk
Keywords Theatre, 2nd World War, One-act Play
Running period April 14, 1945  —  May 7, 1945
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The action takes place on a mountain farm, in the middle of summer.

Before the performance:

Inger Eriksen and Arne Wassenden performed the following songs:

Solveigs sang
Våren
Østenfor sol - Vestenfor måne 
Du er den ene

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
Jens Tvedt – Playwright
Alv Hordnes – Direction
Pedro E. Fure – Decorations
Severin Bergesen – Actor (Helge Haugen, rik, halvgamal bonde)
Lars Gåsdal – Actor (Leidulf, driftekar og hestehandler)
Alv Hordnes – Actor (Salmund, bonde, far til Gunnhild)
Harry Lund – Actor (Ola)
Ruth Lygre – Actor (Ingeborg, stølsjente)
Gudrun Møklebust – Actor (Sigrid, stølsjente)
Arnt Vasdal – Actor (Knut)
Aino von Düring – Actor (Gunnhild, ung jente)
Performance dates