Christiania Offentlige Theater in the main role. The theatre burned down on 5 November 1835, after which the theater company performed in the house of the "Det Dramatiske Selskab" until the Christiania Theatre was inaugurated on 4 October 1837. Christiania Offentlige Theater Christiania Offentlige Theater ('Christiania Public Theatre') or "Det Strømbergske Teater" ('Strömberg Theatre') was a historic theatre in Oslo in Norway, active between 1827 and 1835. It was the first public theatre in Oslo and in Norway, and the predecessor of the Christiania Theatre. The theater was founded by the Swedish theatre director Johan Peter Strömberg. With the exception of the unsuccessful
As Good as I Once Was has since become one of Keith's signature songs, as well as one of his most successful. The narrator, a man approaching or in middle age and apparently sitting in a bar, is put into situations that test his masculinity. Having outlived his glory days, he insists he now is no longer "as good as (he) once was" in his younger days, but although he no longer has the stamina to do what he used to do all the time, he can still be "as good, once, as (he) ever was." Examples given include a set of twins who want to