Ibsen Plays: "Peer Gynt" and The "Pretenders" Vol 6 (World Classics): Six: Peer Gynt, the Pretenders: v.6 - Softcover

Ibsen, Henrik Johan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413153002 ISBN 13: 9780413153005

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1987

Synopsis

"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) This volume contains Ibsen's famous early epic, Peer Gynt, and the historical tragedy The Pretenders, which together with Brand and Emperor and Galilean form a magisterial quartet at the fulcrum of Ibsen's career. George Bernard Shaw praised Peer Gynt (1867) for the power of Ibsen's 'grip on humanity ...The universality of Ibsen makes his plays come home to all nations'. The Pretenders (1863), described by Kenneth Tynan as Ibsen's 'first great play', was also his first real success in the theatre.Michael Meyer's translations are 'crisp and cobweb-free, purged of verbal Victoriana' (Kenneth Tynan)

About this title

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: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0413153002
• ISBN 13: 9780413153005
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290