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He’s seen as a, sometimes as the, father of modern drama. But a look at Henrik Ibsen’s life reveals an existence surprisingly distant from our own. It’s hard to say which stage of postmodernism we’ve ...

"A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom and truth." Skien, Norway The young Ibsen was apprenticed to a pharmacist at the age of 16, but he left six years ...

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1908), along with August Strindberg and Edvard Munch, was one of three emotionally explosive Scandinavian titans. He was the most important playwright of the 19th century, and his ...

Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen is as relevant today as 140 years ago. "When A Doll House was staged in 1879 it generated lot of controversy. Europe's male-dominated society was still unable to ...

Theater critics aren’t always the savviest harbingers of revolution — nor, for that matter, its most ardent advocates. Even so, it is startling to note the contumely that greeted the premieres of many ...