Henrik Ibsen
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Description
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the god father" of modern drama and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre.His plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when Victorian values of family life and propriety largely held sway in Europe. Ibsen's work examined the realities that lay behind many facades, possessing a revelatory nature that was disquieting to many contemporaries. It utilized a critical eye and free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality. Ibsen is often ranked as one of the truly great playwrights in the European tradition, alongside Shakespeare. — [Wikipedia](
Books
Six Major Tragedies (Agamemnon / Doctor Faustus / Emperor Jones / Hedda Gabler /King Lear / Oedipus the King)
Contains: Agamemnon by Aeschylus Oedipus the King by Sophocles Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe King Lear by William Shakespeare Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neil
Nine great plays, from Aeschylus to Eliot -- revised edition
Four modern plays -- second series
The lady from the sea
(SCENE. - DOCTOR WANGEL'S house, with a large verandah garden in front of and around the house. Under the verandah a flagstaff. In the garden an arbour, with table and chairs. Hedge, with small gate at the back. Beyond, a road along the seashore. An avenue of trees along the road. Between the trees are seen the fjord, high mountain ranges and peaks. A warm and brilliantly clear summer morning.
Rosmersholm
(SCENE - The sitting-room at Rosmersholm; a spacious room, comfortably furnished in old-fashioned style. In the foreground, against the right-hand wall, is a stove decorated with sprigs of fresh birch and wild flowers. Farther back, a door. In the back wall folding doors leading into the entrance hall. In the left- hand wall a window, in front of which is a stand filled with flowers and plants. Near the stove stand a table, a couch and an easy-chair.
Ghosts
Provides a look at ghosts--in stories, in movies, reports of sightings throughout history, fakes, and more.
The doll's house
When We Dead Awaken
Published in 1899 it was Ibsen`s last play
Four major plays
A collection of some of Ibsen's best known works, examining social problems as well as giving insights into Ibsen's own personal life.