Composers and their stage works 

Kaj MUNK

(1898 - 1944) Danish Dramatist. Born Kaj Harald Leininger Petersen 13 January, 1898: Killed 4 January, 1944.

Stage Works

  1. Pilatus (Pilate). Play, 4 acts. Written 1917, Published 1937. Produced Soro Akedemi 1941; Arhus 4 July, 1941; Royal Theater, 1947
  2. Samson. Play, 4 acts. Written 1917. Published 1949
  3. Christoffer II (Christpher II). Play, 2 acts. Written 1918. Reowrked as Atterdag
  4. Operationen (The Operation). Play, 4 scenes. Written 1920. Published 1942.
  5. S'Maend et Offer (Indeed a Sacrifice). Play, 2 acts. Written 1922.
  6. En Idealist (Herod the King). Drama, 10 acts. Written 1923/24. Published 1928. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 8 February, 1928, in 4 acts.
  7. 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).
  8. I Braendingen (In the Breakers). Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1926. Published 1929. Produced Copenhagen, Betty Nansen Theatre, Feb. 25, 1937.
  9. Fugl Fonix (The Phoenix). Play. Written 1926. Published 1939. Produced Copenhagen, Studenterforeningen, 26 November, 1938.
  10. Kaerlighed (Love). Play, 6 acts. Written 1926. Published 1948. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 14 September, 1935.
  11. En virkelig Storhed (A True Greatness). Play. Written 1928.
  12. Fra Tidehvervet (From an Era). Play, 5 acts. Written 1928. Published 1948.
  13. Havet og Menneskene (The Sea and the People). Play, 6 acts. Written 1929. Published 1948.
  14. Kardinalen og Kongen (The Cardinal and the King). Play, 8 scenes. Written 1929. Published 1948. Produced Copenhagen, Odd-Fellow Paaeet, 25 May, 1945.
  15. Cant. Play, 7 scenes. Written 1931. Published 1931. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 10 Octoberber, 1931.
  16. De Udvalgte (The Elect). Play, 5 acts. Written 1933. Published 1933. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 9 November, 1933.
  17. Senaftens udenfor det kongelige Teater (Late Evening Outside the Royal Theatre). Sketch, 1 act. Written 1934. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, December, 1934.
  18. En Almanakhistorie (An Almanac Story). Play. Written 1935.
  19. Stykket (The Piece). Sketch, 1 act. Written 1936. Produced Copenhagen, Det Ny Theatre, 2 May, 1936.
  20. Sejren (The Victory). Play, 5 acts. Written 1936. Published 1936. Produced Oslo, Norske Theatre, 5 April, 1936; Copenhagen, Folketeatret, 31 August, 1937.
  21. Deden (Death). Dramatic dialogue, 1 scene. Written 1936. Published 1936. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 2 May, 1942.
  22. Diktatorinden (The Dictatress). Play, 4 acts and prologue. Written 1937. Published 1948. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 3 November, 1938.
  23. 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.
  24. Egelykke. Play, 5 acts. Written 1938/39. Published 1940. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 17 September, 1940.
  25. Puslespil (Jigsaw Puzzle). Play, 12 scenes. Written 1939. Published 1949. Produced Copenhagen, Folketeatret, 5 May, 1939.
  26. Atterdag (Valdemar IV). Play, 1 act. Written 1940. Published 1949. Revision of Christoffer II.
  27. Kongen (The King). Play, 1 act. Written 1941. Published 1941. Produced Swedish Radio, 1948.
  28. Niels Ebbesen. Play, 5 acts. Written 1940/42. Published 1942. Produced Stockholm, Dramatikerstudion,14 September , 1943; Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 1 September, 1945.
  29. De Herrer Dommere (The Honourable Justices). Play, 1 act. Written 1942. Published 1942. Produced Swedish Radio, 1947.
  30. 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.
  31. Den Kaerlighed (Love!). Play, 1 act. Written 1942. Produced Nykebing Falster Theatre, 9 September, 1940.
  32. For Cannae (Before Cannae). Play, 1 act. Written 1943. Published 1943. Produced Oslo, Norske Theatre, 16 June, 1945; Odense Theatre, 26 September, 1945.
  33. Ewalds Dod (The Death of Ewald). Play, 1 act. Written 1943. Published 1943. Produced Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, 18 November, 1943.
  34. Eventyrspillet om Danmark (The Play about Denmark). Play. Written 1943?
  35. Alverdens Urostiftere (The World's Troublemakers). Draft of play. Written 1943. Published 1947.