Verlag:
Bloomsbury, London
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Per Gynt, the model for Ibsen's great dramatic poem, was a folk hero from Norwegian fairy tales. Believing the story to be based on fact, Ibsen composed his work in the 1870s, eschewing dramatic convention and sending his protagonist on a...
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Per Gynt, the model for Ibsen's great dramatic poem, was a folk hero from Norwegian fairy tales. Believing the story to be based on fact, Ibsen composed his work in the 1870s, eschewing dramatic convention and sending his protagonist on a fantastical, at times cinematic, journey across the Scandinavian countryside, vigorously traversing the borders of imagination and traditional stagecraft to produce one of his greatest works. Written to be read, 'Peer Gynt' was not staged until 1876, nine years after it was first published in Scandinavia (and only then after many cuts and rewrites).
Verlag:
Bloomsbury, London
;
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Set in Norway in the first half of the thirteenth century, 'The Pretenders' is based on the true story of King Haakon of Norway, who by the end of his reign had become the longest-serving king of Norway to date. Ibsen's play tells the story of a...
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Set in Norway in the first half of the thirteenth century, 'The Pretenders' is based on the true story of King Haakon of Norway, who by the end of his reign had become the longest-serving king of Norway to date. Ibsen's play tells the story of a civil war fought between King Haakon and his uncle Skule. The regent Skule relinquishes the rule of Norway to his nephew with great difficulty. Goaded by the Mephistophelean Bishop Nicholas, Skule embarks on a deadly campaign to install himself as the king of Norway, endangering his family and the kingdom in a stuttering, uncertain grasp for power.
