Actors Association 100 Years - (M/S Mint) - Miniature Sheet

Tórshavn has a long theatre tradition. In J. C. Svabo's travel reports from 1781 and 1782, we read that young Faroese students from Copenhagen staged the Holberg comedies "June the 11th" and "The Political Tinker" in Tórshavn with excellent results. It is not surprising that plays by Holberg were being performed in the Faroes in the 1700s – dramatic works in the Faroese language were non-existent. Up until that time only Holberg had written original Danish plays for the theatre.