Peer Gynt
by Henrik Ibsen
DramaPeer Gynt (Fictitious character)Norwegian dramaTranslations into EnglishFilm adaptations
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Peer Gynt is a charming but lazy and arrogant peasant youth who leaves home to seek his fortune. Confident of success, he has one disastrous adventure after another. In one, he attends the wedding of a wealthy young woman he himself might have married. There he meets Solveig, who falls in love with him.
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DramaPeer Gynt (Fictitious character)Norwegian dramaTranslations into EnglishFilm adaptationsNorwegian National characteristics
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Norway
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Henrik Ibsen
20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the god father" of modern drama and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre.[1] His plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when Victorian values of family life and propriety largely held sway in Europe. Ibsen's work examined the realities that lay behind many facades, possessing a revelatory nature 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, alongside Shakespeare. <cite>— …
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