Complete Plays Satire Humor Romance of Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. His major works include Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, and The Master Builder.

Several of his plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when European theatre 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. The poetic and cinematic play Peer Gynt, however, has strong surreal elements.


Contents

Ghosts

An Enemy of the People

Hedda Gabler

A Doll's House

The Master Builder

When We Dead Awaken 

The Lady from the Sea

Rosmersholm 

Pillars of Society

John Gabriel Borkman

Little Eyolf

Early Plays - Catiline, The Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans

Love's Comedy
The Feast at Solhoug

The Vikings of Helgeland