The Bankrupt

Bankrupt, The (En Fallit)

    Alternative Title: A Bankruptcy

    Author: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

    First Performance: 1875, Stockholm

    Published: 1874

    First English Translation: 1914

    Genre: Drama in 4 acts; Norwegian prose

    Setting: Tjaelde's home, Norway, 1870s

    Cast: 14m, 3f

Although the merchant Henning Tjaelde appears to be settled and wealthy and is preparing to invite guests to a lavish banquet, all is not well. He is actually on the verge of bankruptcy, a fact which he hides from his ailing wife and from his two grasping daughters, the haughty Valborg and her older sister Signe, who is engaged to a stupid army officer, Lieutenant Hamar. The banquet goes ahead, satirically parading the local worthies. His lawyer afterwards uncovers his ailing finances and...

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