Gustav Thomassen (16 February 1862 – 6 May 1929) was a Norwegian stage actor and theatre director.

Biography

Thomassen was born in

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, Norway. He was the son of Salmaker Osmund Thomassen (1816-1892) and Caroline Olava Thomine Eckhoff (1828-1871). He made his stage debut in 1881 at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen. He worked at Den Nationale Scene until 1905, and served as theatre director from 1900 to 1905. From 1905 to 1929 he worked as an actor and instructor at Nationaltheatret in

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. He was noted for his title role in the four act comedy ''Jan Herwitz. Gamle Bergensbilleder'' which was written by

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in 1913. From 1916-1923, he worked as a director. His main effort at the Nationaltheater was the staging of comedies by Ludvig Holberg, especially '' Jeppe på bjerget'' (1722), '' Den Stundesløse'' (1723) ''

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'' (1722) and ''Barselstuen'' (1723).

References

1862 births 1929 deaths Actors from Bergen Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian theatre directors Theatre people from Bergen {{norway-actor-stub