Kaj MUNK
(1898 - 1944) Danish Dramatist. Born Kaj Harald Leininger Petersen 13 January, 1898: Killed 4 January, 1944.
Stage Works
- Pilatus (Pilate). Play, 4 acts. Written 1917, Published 1937. Produced Soro Akedemi 1941; Arhus 4 July, 1941; Royal Theater, 1947
- Samson. Play, 4 acts. Written 1917. Published 1949
- Christoffer II (Christpher II). Play, 2 acts. Written 1918. Reowrked as Atterdag
- Operationen (The Operation). Play, 4 scenes. Written 1920. Published 1942.
- S'Maend et Offer (Indeed a Sacrifice). Play, 2 acts. Written 1922.
- En Idealist (Herod the King). Drama, 10 acts. Written 1923/24. Published 1928. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 8 February, 1928, in 4 acts.
- Ordet (The Word). Play, 4 acts. Written 1925. Published 1932. Produced Copenhagen, Betty Nansen Theatre, 2 Septemberember, 1932, as I Begyndelsen var Ordet (In the Beginning Was the Word).
- I Braendingen (In the Breakers). Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1926. Published 1929. Produced Copenhagen, Betty Nansen Theatre, Feb. 25, 1937.
- Fugl Fonix (The Phoenix). Play. Written 1926. Published 1939. Produced Copenhagen, Studenterforeningen, 26 November, 1938.
- Kaerlighed (Love). Play, 6 acts. Written 1926. Published 1948. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 14 September, 1935.
- En virkelig Storhed (A True Greatness). Play. Written 1928.
- Fra Tidehvervet (From an Era). Play, 5 acts. Written 1928. Published 1948.
- Havet og Menneskene (The Sea and the People). Play, 6 acts. Written 1929. Published 1948.
- Kardinalen og Kongen (The Cardinal and the King). Play, 8 scenes. Written 1929. Published 1948. Produced Copenhagen, Odd-Fellow Paaeet, 25 May, 1945.
- Cant. Play, 7 scenes. Written 1931. Published 1931. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 10 Octoberber, 1931.
- De Udvalgte (The Elect). Play, 5 acts. Written 1933. Published 1933. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 9 November, 1933.
- Senaftens udenfor det kongelige Teater (Late Evening Outside the Royal Theatre). Sketch, 1 act. Written 1934. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, December, 1934.
- En Almanakhistorie (An Almanac Story). Play. Written 1935.
- Stykket (The Piece). Sketch, 1 act. Written 1936. Produced Copenhagen, Det Ny Theatre, 2 May, 1936.
- Sejren (The Victory). Play, 5 acts. Written 1936. Published 1936. Produced Oslo, Norske Theatre, 5 April, 1936; Copenhagen, Folketeatret, 31 August, 1937.
- Deden (Death). Dramatic dialogue, 1 scene. Written 1936. Published 1936. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 2 May, 1942.
- Diktatorinden (The Dictatress). Play, 4 acts and prologue. Written 1937. Published 1948. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 3 November, 1938.
- Han sidder ved Smeltediglen (He Sits at the Melting Pot). Play, 5 acts. Written 1938. Published 1938. Produced Oslo, Norske Theatre, 23 April, 1938; Copenhagen, Folketeatret, 27 August, 1938.
- Egelykke. Play, 5 acts. Written 1938/39. Published 1940. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 17 September, 1940.
- Puslespil (Jigsaw Puzzle). Play, 12 scenes. Written 1939. Published 1949. Produced Copenhagen, Folketeatret, 5 May, 1939.
- Atterdag (Valdemar IV). Play, 1 act. Written 1940. Published 1949. Revision of Christoffer II.
- Kongen (The King). Play, 1 act. Written 1941. Published 1941. Produced Swedish Radio, 1948.
- Niels Ebbesen. Play, 5 acts. Written 1940/42. Published 1942. Produced Stockholm, Dramatikerstudion,14 September , 1943; Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 1 September, 1945.
- De Herrer Dommere (The Honourable Justices). Play, 1 act. Written 1942. Published 1942. Produced Swedish Radio, 1947.
- Praesten i Vejlby (The Minister of Vejlby). Play. (With Hans Brix). Written 1942. Produced Slagelse Theatre, 2 October, 1942. Dramatization of a short story by Steen Steensen Blicher.
- Den Kaerlighed (Love!). Play, 1 act. Written 1942. Produced Nykebing Falster Theatre, 9 September, 1940.
- For Cannae (Before Cannae). Play, 1 act. Written 1943. Published 1943. Produced Oslo, Norske Theatre, 16 June, 1945; Odense Theatre, 26 September, 1945.
- Ewalds Dod (The Death of Ewald). Play, 1 act. Written 1943. Published 1943. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 18 November, 1943.
- Eventyrspillet om Danmark (The Play about Denmark). Play. Written 1943?
- Alverdens Urostiftere (The World's Troublemakers). Draft of play. Written 1943. Published 1947.