Ibsen Plays Two : A Doll's House, An Enemy of the People, Hedda Gabler - Softcover

Ibsen, Henrik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413463400 ISBN 13: 9780413463401

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2000

Synopsis

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)

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From the Back Cover:

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. Also included is An Enemy of the People (1883), whose central character was the actor Konstantin Stanislavski's favourite role.

About the Author:

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) was a Norwegian playwright and poet whose realistic, symbolic and often controversial plays revolutionised European theatre. He is widely regarded as the father of modern drama. His acclaimed plays include A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, An Enemy of the People and The Pillars of the Community. His centenary was celebrated in 2006.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0413463400
• ISBN 13: 9780413463401
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336