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The Master Builder
1960
- 1960 · Drama · 1h 43m
The 2013 film A Master Builder was directed by Jonathan Demme. It stars Wallace Shawn, who had translated and adapted it for the stage in collaboration with Andre Gregory. This stage adaptation was the basis for the film. The German director Michael Klette adapted this story for his movie Solness (2015).
- Henrik Ibsen
- 1892
A plot summary of Ibsen's play The Master Builder, which explores the themes of power, madness, and fate. The master builder Halvard Solness is haunted by his past and his fear of the younger generation, until he meets Hilda Wangel, who challenges him to build a church tower.
The Master Builder, drama in three acts by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, originally published as Bygmester Solness in 1892 and first performed in 1893. The play juxtaposes the artist’s needs with those of society and examines the limits of artistic creativity. There is an autobiographical
- Henrik Ibsen
- 1892
Jan 9, 2010 · When the master grew reasonable, the castle turned utterly crazy; the great wing became too little, the little wing fell to ruin. Thus we see that, thirty-five years before the date of The Master Builder, Ibsen's imagination was preoccupied with a symbol of a master building a castle in the air, and a young girl in one of its towers.
Learn about the play The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen, a realist and expressionist drama that explores the themes of ambition, guilt, and death. Find out the places, characters, and symbols in the play, and how they relate to the historical and literary context of the late nineteenth century.
The Master Builder is the first play I have re-tackled. And it is nothing short of great in a way I would not have recognized when I was much younger. It is a story about the ghosts inherent in success in this life, or as Hilde Wangel would say, trolls. As Solness the Master Builder confesses to Hilde in Act Two:
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The Master Builder is a drama by Henrik Ibsen about a successful architect who faces his fears and obsessions. The play explores themes of ambition, creativity, and fate through the characters of Halvard Solness, Kaja Fosli, and Hilda.
