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Hans Wiers-Jenssen (25 November 1866 – 25 August 1925) was a Norwegian novelist, playwright, stage producer and theatre historian. Wiers-Jenssen was employed at the theatres Christiania Theatre, Nationaltheatret and Den Nationale Scene.Wiers-Jenssen was born in Bergen as the son of colorist Johan Jenssen and his wife Elisa Magdalena Wiers. He married Rigmor Nicolowna Danielsen in 1894. He was the father of Johan Henrik Wiers-Jenssen
He wrote the novel Presten paa Korshavn og hans hustru in 1907. As a playwright he is best known for his play Anne Pedersdotter from 1908, staged by Halfdan Christensen on Nationaltheatret, with Johanne Dybwad playing the role character "Anne". The play is based on Anne Pedersdotter, who was burned as a witch in Bergen in 1590. It was later performed on several Norwegian stages, in other European countries (English translation, The Witch), in America and in Asia. Anne Pedersdotter was also the basis for the Danish film Day of Wrath from 1943, and two adaptations for opera: La fiamma (libretto by Claudio Guastalla, music by Ottorino Respighi, 1934), and Anne Pedersdotter; libretto by Hans Kristiansen, music by Edvard Fliflet Bræin from 1971. His comedy Jan Herwitz premiered at Nationaltheatret in 1913, and has later been very popular at the Bergen theatre Den Nationale Scene, with hundreds of performances over the years, visited by nearly 90,000 spectators.
Wiers-Jenssen wrote books on the theatre history of Oslo and Bergen, covering the first 25 years of Nationaltheatret, and also the first 25 years of Den Nationale Scene

Fonte: Wikipedia