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Geografi og Kærlighed

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

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]

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

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  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. Open access icon
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