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Robert David MacDonald’s majestic version of Ibsen’s poem-drama about the triumph of will over compromise. Brand, a fiery priest-hero, urges his flock to sacrifice their lives to save their souls.
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"Pillars of Society" is the story of Karsten Bernick, a prominent businessman in a small Norwegian coastal town. Karsten comes from a wealthy shipping and shipbuilding family yet he has aspirations for an even greater enterprise. When he begins secretly buying up land in the valley between the town and the main rail line, which he is backing a new rail connection to, his scandalous past suddenly comes back to him in the form of Johan Tonnesen, his wife's younger brother, who has just returned from America. Written in 1877, Ibsen's «Pillars of Society» predates a string of masterpieces by the dramatist that would ultimately secure his place in literary history. While criticized for its ending, the play accurately portrays the power of the rich to often rise above the power of the law.
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Considered by many critics as Ibsen's masterpiece, «Rosmersholm» is the story of Johannes Rosmer, a former clergyman and owner of the title estate Rosmersholm. When Rosmer intends to use his position in the community to help the newly elected reformist government his ruling-class brethren turn against him. A series of tragic consequences ensue in this classic drama of social and political change.
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"Little Eyolf", is the story of its title character, a young boy who is paralyzed in one leg, and his family, the Allmers. At the outset of the play we find Eyolf's father Alfred returning from a trip in the mountains where he has decided to abandon work on his book and focus on raising his son. The tragic irony of this newly found yet seemingly empty devotion is exhibited when Eyolf disappears unnoticed with the Rat-Wife, a woman capable of enchanting rodents into following her into the sea. Written in 1894 and first performed the following year, «Little Eyolf» is one of Ibsen's classic and tragic dramas.
A Doll's House (Translated by R. Farquharson Sharp with an Introduction by William Archer) - Henrik Ibsen
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First performed at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 21, 1879, “A Doll’s House” is one of Henrik Ibsen’s most famous plays. It is the story of Nora Helmer who has secretly borrowed a large sum of money to help her husband recover from a serious illness, sometime prior to the beginning of the play. Nora who has borrowed this money by forging her father’s signature soon fears that her secret will be discovered when her husband, Torvald, becomes director of the bank and fires an associate, Nils Krogstad, who knows of Nora’s transgression. When Krogstad threatens to reveal Nora’s secret, she begs her husband not to reinstate him, however, he refuses. The tension that arises in Nora and Torvald’s marriage ultimately comes to a head when Torvald finally learns of the forgery. A gripping drama about a failing, loveless marriage, “A Doll’s House” was very controversial when it debuted, because of its critical attitude toward 19th-century marriage norms. Ibsen himself believed that the male dominated society of the 19th-century society failed to allow women to truly be themselves, and thus advocated, through his work, for an advancement of women’s rights. This edition includes an introduction by William Archer.
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"In [Wilder's] [i]A Doll's House . . . the relationship of dialogue to action is very special, like nothing that had been heard on stage before."—David Hammond, PlayMakers Repertory CompanyNot staged since its Broadway premiere starring Ruth Gordon in 1937, the first-ever publication of this adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic drama is revitalized through the shrewd lens of American drama master, Thornton Wilder. With his famous, clarifying dialogue, Wilder uproots this classic from Norway and funnels it through an American lens. The marriage of Ibsen's famed naturalistic style melds with Wilder's knack for emotional nuance to create a rich, demonstrative edition of the revered standard [i]A Doll's House.[b]Henrik Ibsen has often been referred to as the father of realistic drama. The Norwegian playwright is best known for his major works [i]Brand, [i]Peer Gynt, [i]Emperor and Galilean, [i]A Doll's House, [i]Ghosts, [i]An Enemy of the People, [i]The Wild Duck, [i]Hedda Gabler, and [i]The Master Builder.[b]Thornton Wilder was an accomplished novelist and playwright in the twentieth century. Two of his four major plays garnered Pulitzer Prizes, [i]Our Town (1938) and [i]The Skin of Our Teeth (1943). His play [i]The Matchmaker was later adapted into the record-breaking musical [i]Hello, Dolly! [i]The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of his seven novels, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, and his next-to-last novel, [i]The Eighth Day received the National Book Award (1968). [i]Our Town continues to be the most produced American play in the world.
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This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • A Doll's House: a play • Hedda Gabler • Ghosts • En folkefiende. English • A Doll's House • Bygmester Solness. English • When We Dead Awaken • The Lady from the Sea • Figures of Several CenturiesArthur Symons • Ghosts: A Domestic Tragedy in Three Acts • Pillars of Society • Rosmersholm • Little Eyolf • John Gabriel Borkman • Early Plays – Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans • The Feast at Solhoug • Kærlighedens Komedie. English • The Vikings of Helgeland: The Prose Dramas Of • Lady Inger of Ostrat: 's Prose Dramas • CATILINE • THE WARRIOR'S BARROW • OLAF LILJEKRANS • etc.
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