Geografi og Kærlighed

Geografi og Kærlighed (Geography and Love) is a play by the Norwegian playwright Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.[1] It was written in 1885 and it premiered at the Christiania Theatre on October 21, 1885. Bjørnson later reworked the last act of the play in the winter of 1893–1894.[2]

Geografi og Kærlighed
Lothar Lindtner in Geografi og Kjærlighet (c. 1969)
Written byBjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Date premiered1885
Place premieredChristiania Theatre, Oslo, Norway
Original languageNorwegian

The main characters in the play are Professor Tygesen and his wife Karen.

The play appeared in an English translation by Edwin Björkman titled Love and Geography in 1914.[3][4]

The play has been performed a number of times in Norway's leading theaters, and it was filmed by NRK's Television Theater department in 1975.

References
  1. Hannevik, Arne (2009). "Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. Nitschke, Ryszard K. (1980). Der Figurenaufbau in Björnstjerne Björnsons Dramen. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. p. 35.
  3. Næss, Harald S. (1993). A History of Norwegian Literature. Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press. p. 138.
  4. "Home Ties Illustrated". The Boston Globe. August 8, 1914. p. 3. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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