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Folketeatret (People's Theatre) is a theatre in Oslo, Norway. The building has existed longer than the theatre, and been used as a movie theatre and opera house. The theatre has 1,400 seats. The theatre itself operated from 1952 to 1959, but the institution has a much longer history. Insipired by the Freie Deutsche Volksbühne in Berlin led to forming of interest organizations in Bergen and Oslo in 1928 and 1929. The idea to establish a good theater for the working class. The ''Folketeatret'' building in Oslo was commissioned in 1929, and the architects Christian Morgenstierne and Arne Eide worked on it until it opened in 1935. For financial reasons, a theatre did not open immediately, but a movie theatre was operated.〔(''Christian Von Munthe Af Morgenstierne'' (Store norske leksikon) )〕〔(''Arne Eide'' (Store norske leksikon) )〕 The first theatre performance happened in 1952. Hans Jacob Nilsen was the theatre director from 1952 to 1955, then Jens Gunderssen from 1955 to 1959. In 1959 the finances were too poor to continue as an independent theatre. ''Folketeatret'' was merged with Det Nye Teater to form Oslo Nye Teater, although it continued operation in ''Folketeatret'' In 2014, Scenekvelder produces the first production of Billy Elliot The Musical outside the West End and Broadway stage at Folketeateret. Scenekvelder contribute actively to the theater productions at the theatre 〔(''Musical News Netherland'' )〕 the latest years. ==References== Other sources *Næss, Trine ''Mellomkrigstidens teater i den norske hovedstaden'' (Solum. 1994) ISBN 978-82-560-0947-3 *Nilsen, Sidsel Marie ''Helst mot urolig vær: Teatermannen Hans Jacob Nilsen'' (Aschehoug. 1997) ISBN 978-82-03-22229-0 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Folketeatret」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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