Friday, May 30, 2008

Ibsen Relations.

As you can read from the earlier posts about Bernt Andreas and Arne, and the Ehn sisters, there are actors in the Bottelsen family tree. I have been translating some of the books that have been written about theater and actors in the early history of theater in Bergen. For those interested in theater, I don't know what would be the best thing to happen. I am sure for those in the 8000 celebrations that was celebrated in 83 countries, would have loved the experience that Bernt Andreas had - being directed by Henrik Ibsen himself, being the stage director in the early days of both mens careers.

There is also Ibsen's in the Bottelsen family tree, but if how they are related to the most famous Henrik Ibsen, is still a research project for those in the need to know.

Searching the ibsen.net Repertoire database you find

Repertoire database

The repertoire database contains a wide range of data about stage productions of Ibsen`s plays during the period from 1850 up to the present day.

The number of registered productions on 17 March 2008: 5860

Found 4 records :



Det norske Theater

The Burial Mound
Place: Bergen, Norway
Production title: Kjæmpehøien
Opening date: 02 January 1854
Closing date: 15 February 1856
Number of performances: 2
Cast:
Roderik: Andreas Isachsen
Blanka: Louise Brun
Gandalf: Harald Nielsen
Asgaut: Johannes Brun
Hemming: Carl Hansen
Jostein: Bernt Andreas Bottelsen
Hrollaug: Knud Rosendahl
Director: Henrik Ibsen (stage director), Herman Laading (casting director)

Det norske Theater

Lady Inger
Place: Bergen, Norway
Production title: Fru Inger til Østeraad
Opening date: 02 January 1855
Closing date: 02 October 1861
Performance dates: Performed on 2 and 7 January 1855.
Revived on 29 September and 2 October 1861.
Number of performances: 4
Cast:
Eline: Birgitte Guldbrandsen / Marie Fougner
Nils Lykke: Jacob Prom
Olaf Skaktavl: Johannes Brun / Hans Monsen
Jens Bjelke: Carl Hansen
Bjørn: Bernt Andreas Bottelsen / Ivar Bye
Inger Ottisdaughter: Louise Brun / Christine Siewers
Nils Stensson: Andreas Isachsen / Louis Pedersen
Finn: Harald Nielsen / Jacob Asmundsen
Einar: N. Johansen / Alexander Rasmussen
A swedish soldier: Hans Høyer
Director: Hermann Laading (casting director), Henrik Ibsen (stage director)
Additional information: Changes in the cast: actors enlisted behind a slash took over the following role at the revival in 1861


Det norske Theater

The Feast at Solhoug
Place: Bergen, Norway
Production title: Gildet paa Solhoug
Opening date: 02 January 1856
Closing date: 02 January 1862
Performance dates: Performed on 2, 4, 20, 23 January and 24 August 1856.
Revival 1860-61: performed on 2, 3 January, 6 March and 11 August 1861.
Revival 1861-62: performed on 2 January 1862.
Number of performances: 10
Cast:
Bengt Gauteson: Johannes Brun / Hans Monsen
Margit: Louise Brun / Marie Fougner
Signe: Fredrikke Jensen / Sophie Bränberg / Sophie Monsen
Gudmund Alfson: Jacob Prom
Knut Gjæsling: Andreas Isachsen / Hans Brun / Jacob Asmundsen
Erik of Hægge: Carl Hansen
First retainer: Bernt Andreas Bottelsen / Mathias Juell
Second retainer: Ole Hestenæs
The king's messenger: Peder Nielsen / Ivar Bye
An old man: Hans Høyer / Peder Nielsen
A girl: Maria Sørensen
Director: Henrik Ibsen
Music: F. G. Schediwy
Guest performance/tour: Guest performances in Trondhjem, Norway on 2nd April and on 25th May 1856
Additional information: Changes in the cast:
Hans Monsen took over the role as Bengt Gauteson on 2 January 1861.
Marie Fougner took over the role as Margit on 2 January 1861.
Sophie Bränberg took over the role as Signe on 2 January 1861. Sophie Bränberg and Sophie Monsen are identical.
Hans Brun took over the role as Knut Gjæsling on 2 January 1861. Jacob Asmundsen took over the role on 11. August 1861.
Mathias Juell took over the role as First retainer on 2 January 1861.
Ivar Bye took over the role as The king's messenger on 2 January 1861.
Peder Nielsen took over the role as An old man on 2 January 1861.
Reviews:
Bergensposten by Nils R. Eilertsen


Christiania Theater

The Pretenders
Place: Kristiania (Oslo), Norway
Production title: Kongs-emnerne
Opening date: 17 January 1864
Closing date: 27 April 1870
Performance dates: 17.1. - 13.3.1864 (7 performances)
26.11. - 2.12.1866 (3 performances)
14.12.1869 - 27.4.1870 (5 performances)
Number of performances: 15
Cast:
Haakon Haakonsson: Sigvard Gundersen
Inga of Varteig: Signe Giebelhausen
Earl Skule: Nikolai Wolf
Lady Ragnhild: Sofie Parelius
Sigrid: Lucie Wolf/Clara Ursin
Margrete: Laura Svendsen
Guthorm Ingesson: Julius Midling/Christian Abelsted
Sigurd Ribbung: Jacob Lund/Mathias Juell
Bishop Nikolas: J. P. L. Nielsen
Dagfinn the peasant: Johannes Brun
Ivar Bodde: Ole Johan Bucher
Vegard Vaeradal: Peter Lorentz Rasmussen/Arnoldus Reimers
Gregorius Jonsson: Hans Brun
Paul Flida: Knutsen/Andreas Isachsen
Ingebjorg: Berg/Prom/Lucie Wolf
Peter: Christian Abelsted/Jens Selmer
Sira Viljam: Bottelsen/Albrechtsen/Mathias Juell
Master Sigard of Brabant: Monsen/Jens Selmer/Ole Johan Bucher
Jatgeir: Georg Krohn/Arnoldus Reimers
Baard Bratte: Otto Schibsted/Christian Abelsted
Director: Henrik Ibsen
Set designer: Peter Fredrik Wergman and Nicolay Nicolaysen
Additional information: The very first performance of the play.
Laura Svendsen was later known as Laura Gundersen.
Changes in the cast (year of taking over a role in parenthesis):
Sigrid: Clara Ursin (1869)
Guthorm Ingesson: in 1866 not listed with actor; Christian Abelsted (1869)
Sigurd Ribbung: in 1866 not listed with actor; Mathias Juell (1869)
Vegard Vaeradal: in 1866 and 1869 not listed with actor; Arnoldus Reimers (1870)
Paul Flida: Andreas Isachsen (1866)
Ingebjorg: Prom (1866); Lucie Wolf (1870)
Peter: Jens Selmer (1869)
Sira Viljam: Albrechtsen (1866); Mathias Juell (1869)
Master Sigard of Brabant: Jens Selmer (1866); Ole Johan Bucher (1869)
Jatgeir: Arnoldus Reimers (1869); Georg Krohn (1870)
Baard Bratte: Christian Abelsted (1869)
See separate record for Ludvig Josephson's staging from 1873.
See separate record for Bjørn Bjørnson's staging from 1888.
The play was altogether performed 55 times (3 times only the third act) at Christiania Theater in the period 17.1.1864 - 1.10.1888.
Source: T. Blanc - Henrik Ibsen og Christiania Theater 1850-1899, Kristiania 1906
Reviews:
Christiania Dagblad by an anonymous reviewer
(20 January 1864)
Aftenbladet by Hans Bordervik
(18 January 1864)
Morgenbladet by an anonymous reviewer
(19 January 1864)