Ibsen Plays: 2

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472573919
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
This volume contains Ibsen's two most famous and frequently read, studied and performed plays about women: A Doll's House (1879), his first international success, which 'exploded like a bomb into contemporary life', and Hedda Gabler (1890), now one of his most popular plays, but greeted at first with bewilderment and outrage ('The play is simply a bad escape of moral sewage-gas' Pictorial World). Also included is An Enemy of the People (1883), whose central character was the actor Konstantin Stanislavski's favourite role.Michael Meyer's translations are 'crisp and cobweb-free, purged of verbal Victoriana' (Kenneth Tynan)

Ibsen's Selected Plays (Norton Critical Editions)

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393924041
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 11

Book Description
Collects five plays spanning Ibsen's career, with general introductions, explanatory annotations, criticism, and selections from his correspondence and other writings.

The Lady from the Sea

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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The Complete Major Prose Plays

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN: 9780374174149
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1143

Book Description
Ibsen's twelve outstanding plays, from Pillars of Society to When We Dead Awaken, are accompanied by brief introductions illuminating the distinctive features of each

A Doll's House, Part 2 (TCG Edition)

Author: Lucas Hnath
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559368977
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 119

Book Description
“Smart, funny and utterly engrossing…This unexpectedly rich sequel reminds us that houses tremble and sometimes fall when doors slam, and that there are living people within, who may be wounded or lost…Mr. Hnath has a deft hand for combining incongruous elements to illuminating ends.” —Ben Brantley, New York Times It has been fifteen years since Nora Helmer slammed the door on her stifling domestic life, when a knock comes at that same door. It is Nora, and she has returned with an urgent request. What will her sudden return mean to those she left behind? Lucas Hnath’s funny, probing, and bold play is both a continuation of Ibsen’s complex exploration of traditional gender roles, as well as a sharp contemporary take on the struggles inherent in all human relationships across time.

Ibsen's Kingdom

Author: Evert Sprinchorn
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300256248
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 684

Book Description
A major biography of one of the most important figures in modern drama, evoked through a biographical reading of his playsNorwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen achieved unparalleled success in his lifetime and remains one of the most important figures in modern drama. The culmination of a lifetime of scholarship, Evert Sprinchorn’s biography constructs Ibsen’s life through a biographical reading of his plays with provocative and insightful analyses of his works, placing them and their author within the social, political, and intellectual foment of nineteenth-century Europe. This thought-provoking book will captivate anyone interested in the history of drama and the foundations of modernism.

Four Major Plays

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192833877
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
Four plays by Henrik Ibsen: A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler and the Master Builder.

A Doll's House, and Other Plays

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456

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A Doll's House

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
ISBN: 1398832863
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 111

Book Description
At first glance, Nora Helmer appears to live the perfect life. She is married to the ambitious banker Torvald and is well provided for. But when she is blackmailed by one of her husband's colleagues, she is forced to re-examine her life along with her role as a frivolous, scatter-brained wife. First published in 1879, A Doll's House scandalized contemporary audiences and rewrote the rules of drama. It challenged notions of women's place in society and questioned every aspect of what constituted good conduct in domestic life. Ibsen's masterpiece was the first serious play to focus on ordinary people in everyday situations rather than on the lives of the upper classes. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classics series brings together high-quality paperback editions of classics works, presented with contemporary graphic cover designs. Together they make a wonderful collection which is perfect for any home library.

A Doll's House

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486110206
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 83

Book Description
Ibsen's best-known play displays his genius for realistic prose drama. An expression of women's rights, the play climaxes when the central character, Nora, rejects a smothering marriage and life in "a doll's house."