Storken* (The Stork)
Storken* (The Stork) (1939) was a theatre production by The National Stage, based on a play by Thit Jensen.
Hans Bille directed it.
Storken is about provoked abortion.
*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 63724)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | September 15, 1939 |
| Produced by | The National Stage |
| Based on | Storken* (The Stork) by Thit Jensen |
| Audience | Adults |
| Number of events | 19 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Theatre, Drama, 2nd World War |
| Running period | September 15, 1939 |
| Last changed | 27.09.2022 |
| Create date | 24.06.2016 |
Requirements to venue
| Last changed | 27.09.2022 |
| Create date | 24.06.2016 |
In their history book Den Nationale Scene 1931-1976 (literally: The National Stage 1931-1976), Knut Nygaard and Eiliv Eide wrote the following, among other things, about Storken* (The Stork):
"Bille was very experienced, and also human and with natural authority. When Storken did not accomplish drawing people to the theatre, it was likely to a degree due to the audience not wanting this kind of entertainment shortly after the shock of the start of war. Thit Jensen's racial hygiene argumentation for limiting the number of children wasn't very well placed at this time, either."
SOURCES:
The National Stage's repertoire database, donated by The National Stage/TheTheatre Archive at the University of Bergen, 24.06.2016
Knut Nygaard and Eiliv Eide, Den Nationale Scene 1931-1976 (literally: The National Stage 1931-1976), Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 1977
*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Thit Jensen | – Playwright |
| Hans Bille | – Direction |
| Per Schwab | – Stage design |
| Per Schwab | – Costume design |
| Hans Bille | – Actor (Professor Eigil Thomsen) |
| Berit Brænne | – Actor (Anne Sofie, Thomsens datter) |
| Lill Egede-Nissen | – Actor (Bodil Kragh) |
| Doris Johannessen | – Actor (Annina Bakke, sykepleierske) |
| Barbra Kjær | – Actor (Oda Kristensen, pike hos Holk) |
| Bjarne Koht | – Actor (Dommeren) |
| Erling Lindahl | – Actor (Kaare Hammervik, sakfører) |
| Sverre Næss | – Actor (Overrettssakfører Holk) |
| Torborg Schønberg | – Actor (Fru Emilie Holk) |
| Henrik Anker Steen | – Actor (Henning Holk) |
| Alf Zetterholm | – Actor (Statsadvokaten) |
| September 15, 1939 – Store Scene, The National Stage | Opening night |