Komediehuset på Engen – Bergen The old theatre

Komediehuset på Engen ('Meadow Comedy House') was a historic theatre in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

in Norway, active between 1800 and 1909. It was the likely first theatre building in Norway. It housed the

Det dramatiske Selskab Det Dramatiske Selskab is the name for several Norwegian amateur theatre drama troupes. These troupes were the first permanent theatre troupes in the cities of Norway. The period between 1780–1830 is described by many as ''the age of the dramatic ...

of Bergen (1800-28), travelling theatre companies (1828-50), the

Det norske Theater (Bergen) Det norske Theater is a former theatre in Bergen, Norway, and regarded as the first pure Norwegian stage theatre. It opened in by primus motor, violinist Ole Bull, and closed in , after a bankruptcy. The theatre's first production was Holberg ...

(1850-63) and

Den Nationale Scene Den Nationale Scene ( en, National Theater) is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway. Den Nationale Scene is also one of the oldest permanent theatres in Norway. History Opened under the name '' Det Norske Theater'' in 1850, the theatre has root ...

(1876-1909), and was finally a concert house and theater museum until it was destroyed in a British bomb raid in 1944.

References

* "Den første nationale Scene i Bergen" (s. 19-28). Folkebladet No. 2. 31te Januar 1900. Theatres in Norway 19th century in Bergen Former theatres in Norway 1800 in Norway 1909 in Norway 1800 establishments in Europe 1909 disestablishments in Europe Theatres completed in 1800 Demolished buildings and structures in Norway {{Europe-theat-stub