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Henrik Johan Ibsen (/ ˈɪbsən /; [1] Norwegian: [ˈhɛ̀nrɪk ˈɪ̀psn̩]; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director.
Aug 30, 2024 · Henrik Ibsen, major Norwegian playwright of the late 19th century who introduced to the European stage a new order of the moral analysis that was placed against a severely realistic middle-class background and developed with economy of action, penetrating dialogue, and rigorous thought.
- Henrik Ibsen was a major Norwegian playwright of the late 19th century who introduced to the European stage realistic contemporary plays that set o...
- Henrik Ibsen was born in Skien, a small lumber town in southern Norway. His father was a respected merchant in the community until 1836, when he we...
- First at Bergen and then at the Norwegian Theatre in Christiania, Henrik Ibsen worked as a director and playwright, trying to create a “national dr...
- Henrik Ibsen wrote plays. His early works are in verse, and his later works are in prose. Ibsen’s best-known plays included A Doll’s House, Hedda G...
Apr 2, 2014 · Exiled Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen wrote 'A Doll's House' and 'Hedda Gabler', the latter of which featured one of theater's most notorious characters.
Henrik Ibsen Biography. Henrik Ibsen, considered by many to be the father of modern prose drama, was born in Skien, Norway, on March 20, 1828. He was the second of six children.
- Esther Lombardi
- 1850 - "Catiline" ("Catilina")
- 1850 - "The Burial Mound," also known as "The Warrior's Barrow" ("Kjæmpehøjen")
- 1851 - "Norma" ("Norma")
- 1853 - "St. John's Eve" ("Sancthansnatten")
Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828, in Skien, Norway, a small town about seventy miles south-west of Oslo on the west coast of the Oslo Fjord. His mother, Marichen Altenburg Ibsen, a painter and devotee of the theater, encouraged her son in his early artistic endeavors.
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Aug 30, 2024 · A Doll’s House, play in three acts by Henrik Ibsen, published in Norwegian as Et dukkehjem in 1879 and performed the same year. The play centres on an ordinary family—Torvald Helmer, a bank lawyer, and his wife, Nora, and their three little children.
