Henrik Ibsen

A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian middle class marriage on the stage. The play ushered in a new social era and "exploded like a bomb into contemporary life".  The Student Edition contains these exclusive features: ·         A chronology of the playwright's life and work·         An introduction giving the background of the play·         Commentary on themes, characters. language and style·         Notes on individual words and phrases in the text·         Questions for further study·         Bibliography for further reading. 

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here and here Delivering three distinct and powerful visions of characters who choose to defy convention in the pursuit of happiness, Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and Other Plays is translated with an introduction by Peter Watts in Penguin Classics. The League of Youth was Ibsen's first venture into realistic social drama and marks a turning-point in his style. By 1879 Ibsen was convinced that women suffer an inevitable violation of their personalities within the context of marriage. In A Doll's House, Ibsen caused a sensation with the his portrayal of Nora Helmer, a woman who, gradually arriving at an understanding of her own misery, struggles to break free from the stifling confines of her marriage. Continuing the theme of tensions within the family in The Lady from the Sea, Ibsen put forward the view that freedom with responsibility might at least be a step in the right direction. Peter Watts's lively modern translation is accompanied by an introduction examining Ibsen's life and times, with individual discussions of each of the three plays. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The slamming of the front door at the end of A Doll's House shatters the romantic masquerade of the Helmers' marriage. In their stultifying and infantilised relationship, Nora and Torvald have deceived themselves and each other both consciously and subconsciously, until Nora acknowledges the need for individual freedom. A revised student edition of classic set text: A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian middle class marriage on stage. The play ushered in a new social era and "exploded like a bomb into contemporary life". The Student Edition contains these exclusive features: · A chronology of the playwright's life and work · An introduction giving the background of the play · Commentary on themes, characters. language and style · Notes on individual words and phrases in the text · Questions for further study · Bibliography for further reading.

In An Enemy of the People, Ibsen places his main characters, Dr. Thomas Stockman, in the role of an enlightened and persecuted minority of one confronting an ignorant, powerful majority. When the physician learns that the famous and financially successful baths in his hometown are contaminated, he insists they be shut down for expensive repairs. For his honesty, he is persecuted, ridiculed, and declared an "enemy of the people" by the townspeople, included some who have been his closest allies. First staged in 1883, An Enemy of the People remains one of the most frequently performed plays by a writer considered by many the "father of modern drama."

Production from 1954. Re-issued on "Bare Ibsen" DAB radio channel in 2006.

Casa de muñecas es una obra dramática de Henrik Ibsen. Su obra teatral se estrenó el 21 de diciembre de 1879 en el Det Kongelige Teater de Copenhague. Su título original en noruego es Et dùkkehjem.Casa de muñecas fue escrita dos años después de Las columnas de la sociedad y fue la primera obra dramática de Ibsen que causó sensación. En la actualidad es quizá su obra más famosa y su lectura es obligatoria en muchas escuelas y universidades. Cuando Casa de muñecas se publicó generó gran controversia, ya que critica fuertemente las normas matrimoniales del siglo XIX. Aunque Ibsen negó que su obra fuera feminista, es considerada por muchos críticos como la primera verdadera obra teatral feminista.Casa de muñecas describe la situación en la que se encuentra la protagonista Nora, y de la cual intenta salir. Tras intentar con su mejor voluntad ayudar a su marido, Torvald Helmer, descubre que éste, en el fondo, no la considera más que un objeto de su propiedad. Al final Nora decide no vivir mas con su marido y deja a Torvaldo y sus hijos.

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) nació en Noruega, en un medio en el que imperaba una moral estrecha de miras, una vigencia desesperante de la superstición y del miedo. Todo a su alrededor era considerado pecado, todo merecía un reproche, una advertencia sobre el posible mal que podría acarrear cualquier acción que se emprendiera. Por eso sus personajes no se contentan con vivir la vida cotidiana, necesitan un proyecto que realizar aunque éste sobrepase sus fuerzas y les haga sentirse solos, incomprendidos e incluso derrotados, pero orgullosos por haberse aventurado a conseguirlo. En "Casa de muñecas" y "El pato salvaje" plantea Ibsen la tragedia de la mentira vital. Nora Helmer, en "Casa de muñecas", es una joven que ha sido educada para llevar una venda en los ojos y servir de juguete primero a su padre y luego a su marido. Cuando la venda cae, Nora comienza a ser "alguien". Gregorio Werle, en "El pato salvaje", concibe un proyecto para poner al descubierto a unos seres hipócritas, egoístas e indignos, aunque entre ellos se encuentre su propio padre.

Lectura de bachillerato de Artes escénicas para la ABAU en la Comunidad Gallega 2021-2022.Casa de muñecas, una de las obras más intemporales de Ibsen, narra el drama de Nora, una mujer ardiente y alegre que ante la incomprensión de su marido se encierra en sí misma, llegando a abandonar su hogar para convertirse en un ser consciente de su destino. La obra desató vivas polémicas en su época y fue juzgada como una toma de posición en favor de las ideas feministas. La dama del mar pertenece a la última época de la producción ibseniana, en la que cobra relieve la dimensión misteriosa de la realidad.

Per curare il marito, Nora in passato si è indebitata con un certo Krogstad. Per anni ha lavorato per pagare il debito, senza riuscire a liberarsene. Krogstad, che lavora nella banca di cui il marito di Nora è direttore, ricatta la donna perché gli ottenga una promozione. Quando il marito, che per altri motivi lo vorrebbe licenziare, viene a sapere tutto, si preoccupa solo della sua reputazione e rimprovera aspramente la moglie. La meschinità dell'uomo porta Nora a decidere di allontanarsi, per riflettere da sola su se stessa.

Hovedpersonen i stykket, dr. Stockmann, oppdager at det nye «sunnhetsbadet», som er byens viktigste inntektskilde, er forgiftet, men han kommer i forbitret strid både med myndigheter og borgerskap da han vil rydde opp. Gjennom stykket ønsket Ibsen å vise motsetningen mellom sannhet og egenintresser og ta et oppgjør med alle maktgrupperinger og politiske partier i sin samtid, og han stiller seg kritisk til flertallstyranniet, «den forbannede kompakte, liberale majoritet», på bekostning av individets rett til å tenke annerledes.

A Doll's House, written two years after The Pillars of Society, was the first of Ibsen's plays to create a sensation and is now perhaps his most famous play, and required reading in many secondary schools and universities. The play was highly controversial when first published, as it is sharply critical of 19th Century marriage norms. It follows the formula of well-made play up until the final act, when it breaks convention by ending with a discussion, not an unravelling. It is often called the first true feminist play, although Ibsen denied this.

Here, in a single volume, are four major plays by the first modern playwright, Henrik Ibsen. Ghosts - the startling portrayal of a family destroyed by disease and infidelity. The Wild Duck - A poignant drama of lost illusions. An Enemy Of The People - Ibsen's vigorous attack on public opinion. And A Doll's House - the play that scandalized the Victorian world with its unsparing views of love and marriage, featuring one of the most controversial heroines - and one of the most famous exits - in the literature of the stage. ,p>Although Ibsen outraged many of his contemporaries, he persisted: he shocked the unthinking into thinking and blasted through the thick fog of convention to the restless human passions hidden underneath. Today his plays remain masterpieces of psychological insight and theatrical power.

Taken from the highly acclaimed Oxford Ibsen, this collection of Ibsen's plays includesA Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, and The Master Builder.

With an Introduction by Ellen Rees, Centre for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo. The plays of Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) are critically acclaimed throughout the world. The father of modern drama, Ibsen broke with theatrical conventions and created a more realistic form of drama that used the stage as a forum for debating social problems, notably the rights of the individual, and the damaging effects of orthodoxy. This collection of four plays contains, A Doll's House (1879) and Hedda Gabler (1890), his most striking depictions of the struggle by individuals - especially women - to realize their full potential; it also presents Peer Gynt (1867), an early verse tour-de-force, not originally intended for the stage, on the nature of the self, and The Master Builder (1892), a play that explores the clash between the old and the new in richly metaphorical language. This collection returns to the acclaimed translations of William Archer (1856-1924), who through these renditions played a major role in promoting Ibsen's reputation outside Norway. Archer was also a critic, who with actress Elizabeth Robbins and dramatist George Bernard Shaw was central in the modernisation of English theatre.

Den unge maleren Osvald Alving vender hjem til sin mor og sitt barndomshjem. Han kommer hjem fordi han er syk. Her venter tjenestepiken Regine, som han har et godt øye til, og her er også Regines far, snekker Engstrand og Pastor Manders, en venn av familien. Det som skulle bli en fest og en hyllest til Kammerherre Alvings minne, utvikler seg til et følelsesmessig inferno - et oppgjør med sannhet, løgn og moral - hvor lag på lag avsløres.

Ibsens Familiendrama von 1881 schockierte die Zeitgenossen: Dieses Stück habe ein abstoßendes pathologisches Phänomen als Hauptmotiv, vor allem aber untergrabe es die Moral, die die Grundlage der Gesellschaftsordnung bilde. Ibsen führt darin alles vor, was ihm an Norwegen verhasst war: Doppelmoral, Heuchelei, Egoismus, Profitgier, geistige Enge.

Written in 1881, when melodrama and farce were still at their peak of popularity, Ibsen’s Ghosts is a three-act tragedy that explores uncomfortable, even forbidden themes. It is also a highly critical commentary on the morality of the day. The play centers around the widow of a prominent Norwegian sea captain whose son returns home and, with tragic consequences, revives the ghosts of the past that she has long labored to put to rest. Ghosts immediately became a source of controversy for its inclusion of topics like venereal disease, incest, and euthanasia, and it was banned from being performed in England for many years. Its arrival signals a shift in the nature of theatre and, despite negative criticism, it was translated into other languages and performed in Sweden, Germany, and New York within a few years of its debut. It stands now as one of the works considered to have ushered in the era of modern drama.

Of the three plays in this volume, Ghosts and A Public Enemy are social dramas of his middle period; and the former, described by one London critic as "an open sewer," raised the greatest outcry of all Ibsen's attacks on convention. When We Dead Wake, his last play, handles in a symbolic manner the individual's inner conflict and, incidentally, provides the dramatist's own comment on his lifework and his renunciation of work.

Henrik Ibsen nació el 20 de marzo de 1828 en Skien, al sur de Cristianía, llamada hoy con su nombre más antiguo: Oslo. Alternó sus residencias en Noruega -su patria-, Alemania, Italia, y desde 1892 ya no se movió de Cristianía, donde murió en 1906. Hasta el final de su vida Ibsen marcó las llagas morales de su pueblo y de la humanidad, sin hacer caso de las voces contrarias. Desenmascaró a sus adversarios en Un enemigo del pueblo (1883); planteó la lucha entre la verdad y la mentira en El pato silvestre (1884), y la de los valores ciertos o aparentes en Casa de muñecas (1879); determinó las causas del tormento fisiológico y espiritual en Espectros (1881); en Hedda Gabler (1890) buceó en el abismo del alma femenina como foco de un problema general; debatió en La dama del mar (1888) el determinismo y el libre albedrío, formulando sugestiones novísimas, y deslumbró con la imaginación envolvente de Peer Gynt (1867), donde resuenan los ecos de las fantásticas leyendas nórdicas.

Henrik Ibsen's 'John Gabriel Borkman' is a powerful drama that delves into themes of greed, ambition, and redemption. Written in 1896, the play showcases Ibsen's signature realist style, with sharply drawn characters and intense dialogue. The story follows the titular character, a disgraced banker who has spent years in self-imposed exile after a financial scandal. When he returns to his family, tensions rise as past grievances resurface and long-held secrets are revealed. The play's exploration of the consequences of one's actions and the nature of personal ambition make it a timeless classic in the realm of dramatic literature. Henrik Ibsen, known as the 'father of modern drama,' drew inspiration from his own experiences and observations of society to create thought-provoking works that challenged conventional norms. 'John Gabriel Borkman' reflects Ibsen's deep understanding of human nature and his ability to depict complex moral dilemmas with nuance and depth. I highly recommend 'John Gabriel Borkman' to readers who enjoy thought-provoking dramas that explore the darker aspects of human behavior. Ibsen's masterful storytelling and insightful characterizations make this play a must-read for anyone interested in classic literature.

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When We Dead Awaken (Norwegian: Når vi døde vågner) is the last play written by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. Published in December 1899, Ibsen wrote the play between February and November of that year.

Among the masterpieces of world literature, this early verse drama by the celebrated Norwegian playwright humorously yet profoundly explores the virtues, vices, and follies common to all humanity — as represented in the person of Peer Gynt, a charming but irresponsible young peasant. Based on Norwegian folklore and Ibsen’s own imaginative inventions, the play relates the roguish life of the world-wandering Peer, who finds wealth and fame — but never happiness — although he is redeemed by love in the end. As the play opens the young farmer attends a wedding and meets Solveig, the woman who is eventually to be his salvation. However, the rascally Peer then kidnaps the bride and later abandons her in the wilderness. This dismal performance is followed by a string of adventures (many of which do not reflect well on Peer) in many lands. After these soul-chilling exploits, an old and embittered Peer returns to Norway, eventually finding solace in the arms of the faithful Solveig. Like other early Ibsen plays, such as Brand (1865) and Emperor and Galilean (1873), the work is imbued with poetic mysticism and romanticism, and in Peer we find a rebellious central character in search of an ultimate truth that always seems just out of reach. In this sense Peer can be seen as an alter ego of Ibsen himself, whose lifelong search for artistic and moral certainties resulted in the great later plays ( Hedda Gabler, The Wild Duck, An Enemy of the People, etc.) upon which his reputation chiefly rests. This rich, poetic version of Peer Gynt is considered the standard translation.

This high-spirited poetical fantasy, based on Norwegian folklore, is the story of an irresponsible, lovable hero. After its publication, Ibsen abandoned the verse form for more realistic prose plays. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography, key dates and suggestions for further reading) and the complete text, uncluttered with footnotes. The translations, by leading experts in the field, are accurate and above all actable. The editions of English-language plays include a glossary of unusual words and phrases to aid understanding. Peer Gynt, Ibsen's mighty epic, is by turns fantastic and tragic. Despite Peer's quest for absolute purity he repeatedly falls for the fleshy temptations of compromise, as he swaggers and seduces his way from the fjords of Norway to the deserts of Africa and back. Translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish.

'There! I have given it him in earnest now; I don't think he will forget that thrashing! What do you say?--And I say that you are an injudicious mother! You make excuses for him, and countenance any sort of rascality on his part--Not rascality? What do you call it, then? Slipping out of the house at night, going out in a fishing boat, staying away till well on in the day, and giving me such a horrible fright when I have so much to worry me!'

A portrait of idealism and democracy floundering in a society of conservatism and opportunism, considered by many to be Ibsen's dramatic masterpiece. Johannes Rosmer has resigned as parish priest following the suicide of his wife. But his increasingly liberal ideas make him an object of suspicion to the local worthies, who also disapprove of the presence in his house of a much younger woman, Rebecca West, formerly his wife’s companion. As their relationship deepens and their isolation builds, the increasing moral pressures they face force them inexorably towards their fate...

Terje Vigen, Henrik Ibsens dramatiske dikt, handler om et Norge i krig, om mot og hevn, tilgivelse og forsoning. Diktet skal være inspirert av sjøfolk på Sørlandskysten, som i årene 1809-1814 rodde eller seilte over Skagerak til Jylland for å hente mat til sin familie. I 1891 tok Christian Krohg initiativ overfor Henrik Ibsen til å illustrere en egen utgave av Terje Vigen. Ibsen var meget begeistret for ideen, og i 1892 ble den første utgaven av Terje Vigen med Krohgs illustrasjoner utgitt på dansk Gyldendal. Denne illustrerte utgaven har siden stadig funnet veien til nye Ibsen-lesere, akkurat som verselinjene som innleder diktet: «Der bodde en underlig gråsprængt en på den yderste ø; -»

Doktor Wangel ist Arzt in einer Kleinstadt an der Westküste Norwegens. Er lebt zusammen mit seinen zwei Töchtern aus erster Ehe und seiner zweiten Frau namens Ellida. Ellida fühlt sich in der Ehe mit Wangel nicht wohl und lebt immer mehr einer Sehnsucht nach. Sie hatte vor zehn Jahren einen Seemann kennengelernt, mit welchem sie auf offener See eine Art geheime Verlobung einging. Der Seemann musste jedoch kurz darauf fliehen, nachdem er einen Kapitän ermordet hatte. Er versprach Ellida wiederzukommen und bat sie, auf ihn zu warten. Obwohl Ellida dem Seemann in zwei Briefen eindeutig zu verstehen gab, dass sie nichts mehr von ihm wolle, zog dieser fremde Mann sie über die Jahre stetig magisch an. Der Seemann kommt mit einem englischen Dampfer zurück und will Ellida holen. Ellida kann sich nicht entscheiden.

First performed in 1892, this psychological drama is one of the great Norwegian playwright's most symbolic and lyrical works. The drama explores the insecurities of an aging architect, Halvard Solness, who suspects that his creative powers have diminished with age. Solness finds strength of purpose in his involvement with Hilda — his muse, inspiration, and ardent believer in his greatness — but their association leads to a conflict between heroic myth and complicated reality.

The four plays in this volume, written late in Ibsen's career as a dramatist, move away from his earlier preoccupation with people at odds with society to instead explore the inward struggle with their own thoughts, feelings and dreams. "The Master Builder" (1892) depicts a powerful man whose illusions collapse in the face of a young woman's courageous common sense. In "Rosmersholm" (1886), an idealist is forced to question his beliefs and confront terrible truths about the past, while "Little Eyolf" (1894) portrays a man's self-deception, which brings both tragic repercussions for his family and new hope for their future. And in "John Gabriel Borkman" (1896), a dying woman returns to reclaim the affections and loyalty of her nephew, resulting in a bitter struggle with her sister.

David Eldridge's new version of Ibsen's classic, published to tie-in with the production at the Donmar Warehouse, London. Should the truth be pursued whatever the cost? The idealistic son of a wealthy businessman seeks to expose his father's duplicity and to free his childhood friend from the lies on which his happy home life is based.

This is the second of a six-volume collection presenting all sixteen of Ibsen's major plays written in the thirty-four years from 1865 to 1899. Each volume offers a cross-section of these plays so as to illustrate the different phases of his dramatic genius.This volume contains Ibsen's two most famous 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. Between them came An Enemy of the People, written rapidly in 1882, largely in response to the hostile reception of Ghosts the year before.Michael Meyer's translations have won praise for their accuracy and liveliness on both stage and page. They have been performed extensively in the theatre and on radio and television. 'Where previous translators have adopted either a stiffly Victorian style, or one so modern as to destroy the illusion that we were seeing a period play, Mr Meyer has found a form of speech common both to the period in which the plays were written and to the present.' (The Times.) 'Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic centre of Ibsen's genius, have beaten academic versions from the field.' (George Steiner, The New Statesman.)Michael Meyer is also Ibsen's biographer and a leading authority on his work. This edition includes Meyer's illuminating introductions to each play, as well as a chronology of Ibsen's life and writings.

Catilina – La notte di San Giovanni – La tomba del guerriero – La Festa a Solhaug – Olaf Liljekrans – Donna Inger di Ostraat – Guerrieri a Helgeland – La commedia dell’amore – I pretendenti alla corona

En Norvège, dans « une maison confortable et de bon goût », une famille se prépare à fêter Noël. Mais le douillet et rassurant cocon se fissure quand le secret de Nora, la jeune et joyeuse épouse, menace soudain d'être dévoilé à son mari. Dès lors, toute allégresse recule, et les enfants aux joues rouges s'effacent devant des personnages qui surgissent tour à tour – amie de jeunesse, médecin, créancier –, semant le doute et l'inquiétude. En ébranlant ainsi la certitude lisse de son héroïne qui pensait avoir toujours agi comme elle le devait, Ibsen crée l'une des grandes figures du théâtre nordique, dont on continue d'interroger la volte-face et la destinée.

This 1884 masterpiece may have had its genesis in the hostile reception Ibsen — widely regarded as the father of modern realist drama — had received from the Norwegian public and critics for “Ghosts”, which gave theater-goers a larger dose of truth than most were willing to bear. His next three plays — "The Wild Duck", "An Enemy of the People", and "Rosmersholm" — focused on the consequences of telling the truth, or forbearing to do so. In "The Wild Duck", the idealistic son of a corrupt merchant exposes his father's duplicity, but in the process destroys the very people he wishes to save. Convinced that reality is always superior to illusion, Gregers Werle forces his friends, the Ekdals, to face the truth about their lives. Unfortunately, the truth, involving scandal, illegitimacy, imprisonment, and madness, only serves to wound the Ekdals further. In the play, the wild duck is a symbol of this injured family, and perhaps of the loss of Ibsen's youthful idealism. Moving and powerful, this thought-provoking tragedy shows clearly why Ibsen is regarded as one of the giants of modern theater.

When We Dead Awaken (Norwegian: Når vi døde vågner) is the last play written by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. Published in December 1899, Ibsen wrote the play between February and November of that year.