Dikt & førbainna løgn* (Poetry and damned lies)

Dikt & førbainna løgn* (Poetry and damned lies) (1977) was a theatre production by The Arctic Theatre, the world premiere of a play by Klaus Hagerup.

Pål Løkkeberg directed it.

Dikt & førbainna løgn was based on an actual workplace conflict in Bodø from 1976 (called Krysset-konflikten, the Krysset conflict), where two young women were fired from the grocery store they worked for after a strike. The reason for the strike was that the women wanted to join a union, whereas their employer did not accept this. The production became controversial due to its political content.

The song Ellinors vise was written for the production.

*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.


Information

(Objekt ID 71681)
Object type Production
Premiere March 4, 1977
Produced by The Arctic Theatre
Based on Dikt & førbainna løgn* (Poetry and damned lies) by Klaus Hagerup
Audience Adults
Language Norwegian dialect
Keywords Political Theatre, Theatre
Running period March 4, 1977  
Website Hålogaland Teater
More

SOURCES:

The Arctic Theatre, halogalandteater.no, 20.06.2017, http://halogalandteater.no/produksjon/dikt-forbainna-logn

Eilertsen, Jens Harald: Polare scener. Nordnorsk teaterhistorie 1971-2000 (literally: Arctic stages. Northern Norwegian theatre history 1971-2000), published by Orkana forlag 2005

Contributors (12)
Name Role
Klaus Hagerup – Playwright
Pål Løkkeberg – Direction
Kari Gravklev – Costume design
Per Jansen – Actor
Helge Jordal – Actor (overtok etter Per Jansen)
Sverre Kjelsberg – Actor
Tone Lid Gullvåg – Actor
Frode Rasmussen – Actor
Sigmund Sæverud – Actor
Jon Andreassen – Musician
Hanne Bjørklid – Musician
Odd Arvid Eilertsen – Musician
Performance dates
March 4, 1977 Worldwide premiere