It was interesting that as I was finishing this play it just happened that a Norweigan was sitting opposite me on the train and made a comment about how he didn't think that anybody actually read Ibsen outside of Norway, though he also mentioned that Ibsen is among the four greatest playwrights of N...
I can't say that I am all that familiar with the plays of Ibsen, having only ever read A Doll's House and Peer Gynt and since he was such a prolific writer I am sure there are always going to be ones that I will never get around to reading (if I ever read more than the one's in the collection that I...
Wow. And I still don't know WHAT that ending was.
Hedda Gabler, through the events of the play, is an exploration of the mental state of its title protagonist, a disillusioned 29 year-old woman who has decided to marry a boring academic she has no love for, Dr. Tesman. The daughter of a powerful general, she is cruel, demanding, and deeply unsatis...
After reading An Enemy of the People, I had the opportunity to watch it played by Schaubühne Berlin,directed by Thomas Ostermeier. I know almost nothing about Theather, so I read the biography of the director There it was informed Ibsen is not Ostemeier's favourite author. As Ibsen is not my favou...