Det norske Theater (Bergen)

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File:Det norske Theater 1850.jpg The Norwegian Theater in Bergen, with Johannes Brun, Louise Brun, Andreas Isachsen, Fredrikke Nielsen, Lucy Wolf, Jacob Prom among others]]

Det norske Theater is a former theatre in Bergen, Norway, and regarded as the first pure Norwegian stage theatre. It opened in {{start date and age|1850|p=y}} by primus motor, violinist Ole Bull, and closed in {{end date and age|1863|p=y}}, after a bankruptcy.{{cite book | title=Norges teaterhistorie |language=Norwegian |first=Lise |last=Lyche |pages=69–79 |chapter=Ole Bulls norske teater i Bergen |year=1991 |publisher=Tell Forlag |location=Asker }}{{cite book |title=Den nationale scene. De første 25 aar |author1=Wiers-Jenssen, H. |author-link=Hans Wiers-Jenssen |author2=Nordahl-Olsen, Joh. |chapter=Intermezzo |pages=7–31|location= Bergen |year=1926 |language=Norwegian |publisher=John Griegs Forlag }} The theatre's first production was Holberg's comedy Den Vægelsindede, and the opening was on 2 January 1850.{{cite book |title=Johannes Brun. En skildring af hans liv og hans samtidige |first=Olaf |last=Almquist |chapter=Den første nationale scene |pages=11–31|location= Kristiania |year=1898 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Alb. Cammermeyers Forlag}} The theatre played at the old comedy house built in 1800.{{cite book |title=Den nationale scene 1901-31 |first=Asbjørn |last=Aarseth|author-link=Asbjørn Aarseth|chapter=Det bergenske teater ved århundreskiftet. Teaterbygningen |pages=9–13|location= Oslo |year=1969 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Gyldendal}}

In 1876 the theatre Den Nationale Scene opened in the same building.{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Den nationale Scene |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Den_nationale_Scene |language=Norwegian | accessdate=23 October 2009 }}