Abstract

Between 1750 and 1850, several itinerant troupes visited Norway. The theatrical plays they presented belonged to popular entertainment genres. In this article I examine the pantomimes these troupes performed in Norway: comical and historical pantomime. The aim of this examination is to provide a broader understanding of the two kinds of pantomimes presented by itinerant troupes in Norway around 1800. I end the article by looking at historiographical reasons as to why these performances have been more or less excluded from written, Norwegian theatre histories.

Highlights

  • Between 1750 and 1850, several itinerant troupes visited Norway

  • Teaterkulturen disse utøverne var en del av, var en felleseuropeisk teaterkultur med felles systemer og praksiser for profesjonsutøvelse

  • Stykket ble avertert som en «stor historisk Pantomime med Fægtninger, Evolutioner, Combats tilhest og tilfods samt Storminger og Bombardement» (Plakat 01/03/1840, Statsarkivet i Trondheim)

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Om forfatteren

Ellen Karoline Gjervan er for tiden prorektor for masterutdanning ved Dronning Mauds Minne Høgskole i Trondheim. Gjervan har doktorgrad i teatervitenskap fra Universitetet i Bergen, 2010. Hun har publisert arbeider om Henrik Ibsens teaterkarriere, om dramaturgi, samt om sceneteknikk og populære underholdningssjangre i det lange 1700-tallet. Artikkelen bygger på et innlegg fra konferansen Teatervitenskapelig dugnad i Bergen 2018.

ELLEN KAROLINE GJERVAN
Komiske pantomimer
Historiske pantomimer
Historiografiske sluttbetraktninger
Statsarkivet i Trondheim
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