Jon Heggedal (born December 23, 1935) is a
Norwegian stage director and actor.
Heggedal was born in
Oslo
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. He made his stage debut in 1960 as Henrik in
Ludvig Holberg
Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Denmark–Norway, Dano–Norwegian dual monarchy. He was infl ...
's ''
The Political Tinker
''The Political Tinker'' ( Danish: Den politiske kandestøber) is a five-set satirical play published by Norwegian-Danish playwright Ludvig Holberg in 1722.
Production history
It premiered at Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen on 25 Septem ...
'' at the
Trøndelag Theater
Trøndelag (; or is a Counties of Norway, county and coextensive with the Trøndelag Regions of Norway, region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Tron ...
. Heggedal worked as an actor there until 1963, and then he performed at the
Oslo new Theater from 1964 to 1966, and for
NRK
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The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...
's
Television Theater from 1969 to 1975. He started working as a stage director in 1972 and he has been a freelance director since then.
Among other roles, Heggedal played the
Dauphin in
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 188 ...
's ''
Saint Joan'', David in
Johan Falkberget
Johan Falkberget, born Johan Petter Lillebakken, (30 September 1879 – 5 April 1967) was a Norwegian author. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Life and career
Johan Falkberget was born on the Lillebakken farm in the Ruglda ...
's ''
Den fjerde nattevakt'' (arranged for theater by
Carl Fredrik Engelstad
Carl Johan Fredrik Engelstad (11 November 1915 – 1 October 1996) was a Norwegian writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director.
Personal life
Engelstad was born in Hadsel Municipality as the son of jurist Sigurd Engelsta ...
),
and the title role in
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright.
He was born i ...
's ''
Don Carlos
''Don Carlos'' is an 1867 five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the 1787 play '' Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Fried ...
''. His notable productions include
Harold Pinter
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's ''
The Caretaker'', Stewart Parker's ''Spokesong'' (), both at the
Norwegian Theater, and
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...
's ''
Peer Gynt
''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five-Act (drama), act play in verse written in 1867 by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. It is one of Ibsen's best known and most widely performed plays.
''Peer Gynt'' chronicles the journey of its title character fr ...
'' at the
Sogn og Fjordane Theater.
References
External links
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Jon Heggedalat the National Theater
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1935 births
Living people
20th-century Norwegian male actors
Male actors from Oslo