About: Ole Barman

Ole Gregor Liljedahl Barman (1897–1983) was a Norwegian jurist, novelist, short story writer, playwright and theatre director. Among his novels are Fast i fjellet from 1930 and Ein mann gjekk heim from 1933. He published the short story collections Han Kristafor-Knut og andre karar in 1927, Sjørop in 1928, and Draumen in 1968. He adapted his novel Ein mann gjekk heim into a play, which was staged by Ingjald Haaland at Det Norske Teatret in 1936. Haaland played the character "fisher/farmer", and other actors were Einar Tveito and Lars Tvinde. He worked as the bailiff in Bærum from 1939 to 1967, except for his period at Det Norske Teatret. He was theatre director at Det Norske Teatret from 1951 to 1953. The first performance in the season 1951-1952 was Strindberg's play Miss Julie, which was