Ghosts
Ghosts (1925) was a theatre production by The National Theatre, based on the play by Henrik Ibsen.
Johanne Dybwad directed it and played the role of Helene Alving.
August Oddvar played the role of Oswald Alving.
Information
(Objekt ID 16519)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | October 30, 1925 |
| Produced by | The National Theatre |
| Based on | Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen |
| Audience | Adults |
| Number of events | 17 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Drama, Theatre |
| Running period | October 30, 1925 |
| Website | Nationaltheatret |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
In 1928 Ghosts was revived, as one of six different productions The National Theatre staged to celebrate the 100 year anniversary for the birth of Ibsen: Brand, The Wild Duck, Ghosts, Rosmersholm, The League of Youth and An Enemy of the People were all performed during one week of jubilee celebrations.
Henrik Ibsen was born March 20 1828.
SOURCES:
The book Teater utenfor folkeskikken (literally: Theatre outside of civilisation), Jens Harald Eilertsen, Orkana forlag 2004
Normann, Axel Otto: Johanne Dybwad. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo 1937
The National Theatre's performance archive, www.nationaltheatret.no, 26.02.2013, http://fdb.nationaltheatret.no/S%C3%B8k/tabid/57/ctl/PlayView/mid/374/oppsetningId/29d8beca-393e-4f47-8896-bd248be93083/Default.aspx
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Henrik Ibsen | – Playwright |
| Johanne Dybwad | – Direction |
| Oliver Neerland | – Stage design |
| Johanne Dybwad | – Actor (Fru Helene Alving) |
| August Oddvar | – Actor (Osvald Alving) |
| Astri Schwenzen | – Actor (Regine Engstrand) |
| Harald Stormoen | – Actor (Snekker Engstrand) |
| Stub Wiberg | – Actor (Pastor Manders) |
| June 17, 1928 | Show |
| March 17, 1928 – Hovedscenen, Nationaltheatret, The National Theatre | Reopening |
| October 30, 1925 – Hovedscenen, Nationaltheatret, The National Theatre | Opening night |
Einar Skalvand, date unknown, Dagbladet [Oslo]:
"Johanne Dybwad has with her masterful staging illuminated Ghosts anew. Never before has the play seemed so violently alive, so clear and so filled with secrets. All the problems; inheritance, Christian faith, freethinking, morals, come to their right, but only as light and shadows across the human faces. The acting is daring and rich in colour and nuance, in monumental scenes that will remain remembered, but yet, less theatrical than ever."