Henrik Ibsen
Born in Norway in 1828, Ibsen began his writing career with romantic history plays influenced by Shakespeare and Schiller. In 1851 he was appointed writer-in-residence at the newly established Norwegian Theatre in Bergen with a contract to write a play a year for five years, following which he was made Artistic Director of the Norwegian Theatre in what is now Oslo. In the 1860s he moved abroad to concentrate wholly on writing. He began with two mighty verse dramas, Brand and Peer Gynt, and in the 1870s and 1880s wrote the sequence of realistic ‘problem’ plays for which he is best known, among them A Doll’s House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, Hedda Gabler and Rosmersholm. His last four plays, The Master Builder, Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman and When We Dead Awaken, dating from his return to Norway in the 1890s, are increasingly overlaid with symbolism. Illness forced him to retire in 1900, and he died in 1906 after a series of crippling strokes.
Hedda Tesman
A reworking of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, asking what we inherit, what we endure and how we carry our history.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Ibsen: Three Plays
Ibsen's three great 'problem plays', A Doll's House, Ghosts and Hedda Gabler, in sensitive and playable translations from the original Norwegian, along with a full introduction to the author, his times and his work.
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£7.99£6.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£7.99£6.39John Gabriel Borkman (National Theatre version)
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Nicholas WrightNicholas Wright's sensitive version of Ibsen's late play, about a family brought low by the disgrace and imprisonment of its patriarch.
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John Gabriel Borkman (English Touring Theatre version)
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen MulrineA sparkling translation of Ibsen's penultimate play.
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John Gabriel Borkman (Bridge Theatre version)
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Lucinda CoxonA gripping version of Ibsen's most contemporary play, first performed at the Bridge Theatre, London, in 2022.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Judgement Day
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Mike PoultonAn adaptation of Ibsen's extraordinary last play, When We Dead Awaken, one of his most deeply personal works.
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The Lady From the Sea
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishOne of Ibsen's most powerful studies of female psychology, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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The Lady from the Sea
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Elinor CookIbsen's moving play about duty and self-determination, relocated to the Caribbean in the 1950s.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The League of Youth
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Andy BarrettIbsen's political comedy, in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett.
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Little Eyolf
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Richard EyreIbsen's forensic examination of a marriage as it falls apart, in a version by Richard Eyre.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Master Builder
By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by David EdgarAn enthralling version of an unforgettable Ibsen classic.
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The Master Builder
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeishIbsen's study of the corrosive effects of a guilty conscience. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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