Henrik+Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen (20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a major 19th-cnetury Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father" of modern theater and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. His plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when European theater was required to model strict mores of family life and propriety. Ibsen's work examined the realities that lay behind many façades, revealing much that was disquieting to many contemporaries. It utilized a critical eye and free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality. Ibsen is often ranked as one of the truly great playwrights in the European tradition. Many consider him the greatest playwright since Shakespeare.

On 23 May 1906, Ibsen died in his home at Arbins gade 1 in Christiania (now Oslo) after a series of strokes. When on 22 May his nurse assured a visitor that he was a little better, Ibsen spluttered his last words "On the contrary" ("Tvertimod!"). He died the following day at 2:30 P.M. Ibsen was buried in Var Frelsers gravlund ("The Graveyard of Our Savior") in central Oslo.

The 100th anniversary of Ibsen's death in 2006 was commemorated with an "Ibsen year" in Norway and other countries. On 23 May 2006, The Ibsen Museum (Oslo) reopened to the public the house where Ibsen had spent his last eleven years, completely restored with the original interior, colors, and décor.

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen)

__**List of Plays**__ //Catiline// //The Burial Mound (The Warrior’s Barrow)// //Norma// //St. John’s Eve// //Lady Inger of Ostrat// //The Feast at Solhaug// //Olaf Liljekrans// //The Vikings of Helgeland// //Love’s Comedy// //The Pretenders// //Brand// //Peer Gynt// //The League of Youth// //Emperor and Galilean// //Pillars of Society// //A Doll’s House// //Ghosts// //An Enemy of the People// //The Wild Duck// //Rosmersholm// //The Lady from the Sea// //Hedda Gabler// //The Master Builder// //Little Eyolf// //John Gabriel Borkman// //When We Dead Awaken//


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