page_title: Betty Nansen Teatret
section_title: Betty Nansen's era
hierarchical_section_title: Betty Nansen Teatret / History / Betty Nansen's era
caption_attribution_description: Publicity photo of Betty Nansen from Stars of the Photoplay
context_page_description: Betty Nansen Teatret is a theatre situated on Frederiksberg Allé in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name from the actress Betty Nansen, who managed it from 1917 until her death in 1943.
context_section_description: The actress Betty Nansen, who had just returned to Denmark after a failed attempt to make it as a film star in America, took over the theatre in 1917, naming it after herself. Alongside Henrik Bentzon, Nansen also directed many of the plays. In the 1930s, the theatre staged many of Kai Munk's plays, which had been neglected by the Royal Theatre, including Ordet in 1932, his controversial version of Hamlet (1935) and I brændingen in 1937.
  Betty Nansen's era at the theatre ended with her death in 1943. It then changed its name to Alléscenen and began a period with changing directors and economic challenges which culminated in its bankruptcy in 1952.
caption: Betty Nansen
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