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Anne Pedersdotter (English version The Witch trans. John Masefield) is a play written in 1908 by Norwegian playwright Hans Wiers-Jenssen. The play is based on an incident from 1590 when Anne Pedersdotter the widow of priest Absalon Pederssøn Beyer was accused of witchcraft and burned alive in the city of Bergen.

author
Hans Wiers-Jenssen
character in play
Absalon Pederssøn, Anne Pedersdotter, Herlofs-Marte, Johannes, Laurentius, Martin, Merete Beyer, The bishop
genre
Drama
original language
Norwegian language
premiere date
1908-02-12
premiere place
Oslo
premiere year
1908-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
setting of play
Bergen
subject of play
Witch-hunt

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