Born in Norway in 1828, died in 1906; studied medicine, but
devoted himself to literature; his first dramatic work
published in 1850; went to the University in Christiania in
1850; for a time edited a weekly paper at Christiania;
became manager of a theater at Bergen in 1852; visited
Germany in 1852; returned to Christiania as director of the
Norwegian Theater in 1857; thereafter wrote plays
continuously; lived in later years first at Dresden and then
at Munich.