"Which Norwegian dramatist wrote the plays ""A Doll's House"" and ""Ghosts""?"
"Lowden was filmed and screened at numerous cinemas, and is available to view online. (translated by R. Farquharson Sharp) Ghosts (play) Ghosts () is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was written in 1881 and first staged in 1882 in Chicago, Illinois, in a production by a Danish company on tour. Like many of Ibsen's plays, ""Ghosts"" is a scathing commentary on 19th-century morality. Because of its subject matter, which includes religion, venereal disease, incest, and euthanasia, it immediately generated strong controversy and negative criticism. Since then the play has fared better, and is considered a “great"
"""description of humanity""."" Because of the departure from traditional behavior and theatrical convention involved in Nora's leaving home, her act of slamming the door as she leaves has come to represent the play itself. In ""Iconoclasts"" (1905), James Huneker noted ""That slammed door reverberated across the roof of the world."" ""A Doll's House"" has been adapted for the cinema on many occasions, including: A Doll's House A Doll's House (; also translated as ""A Doll House"") is a three-act play written by Norway's Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been"
"for his plays, as the first of these were awarded after he published his last play in 1899, playwright Henrik Ibsen is probably the most famous figure in Norwegian literature. Ibsen wrote plays such as ""Peer Gynt"", ""A Doll's House"", ""Hedda Gabler"", and ""The Lady from the Sea"". Other famous Norwegian writers from the realistic era include Jonas Lie and Alexander Kielland, who are along with Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Henrik Ibsen regarded as the ""four greats"" of Norwegian literature. Also of importance to the Norwegian literary culture is the Norse literature, and in particular the works of Snorri Sturluson, as"
"Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. As one of the founders of Modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as ""the father of realism"" and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His major works include ""Brand"", ""Peer Gynt"", ""An Enemy of the People"", ""Emperor and Galilean"", ""A Doll's House"", ""Hedda Gabler"", ""Ghosts"", ""The Wild Duck"", ""When We Dead Awaken"", ""Pillars of Society"", ""The Lady from the Sea"", ""Rosmersholm"", ""The Master Builder"", and ""John Gabriel Borkman"". He is the most frequently"
"of the day, ""No play written in the problem form was significant beyond the value of the idea that was its underlying motive for existence. No problem play had achieved absolute beauty, or a living contribution to truth."" The most important exponent of the problem play, however, was the Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen, whose work combined penetrating characterisation with emphasis on topical social issues, usually concentrated on the moral dilemmas of a central character. In a series of plays Ibsen addressed a range of problems, most notably the restriction of women's lives in ""A Doll's House"" (1879), sexually-transmitted disease in"
"their glorious Viking past (e.g., Ibsen's ""The Vikings at Helgeland""), the struggles of the Middle Ages (e.g., Ibsen's ""Lady Inger of Østeraad""), peasant stories (e.g., Bjørnson's ""A Happy Boy"") and the wonders of myths and folks tales of the mountains (e.g., Ibsen's ""Peer Gynt"") and the sea (e.g., Lie's ""The Visionary""). Although a strong contributor to early Norwegian romanticism, Henrik Ibsen is perhaps best known as an influential Norwegian playwright who was largely responsible for the popularity of modern realistic drama in Europe, with plays like ""The Wild Duck"" and ""A Doll's House"". In this, he built on a theme"
"in 1828. He wrote 25 plays, the most famous of which are ""A Doll's House"" (1879), ""Ghosts"" (1881), ""The Wild Duck"" (1884), and ""Hedda Gabler"" (1890). ""A Doll's House"" and ""Ghosts"" shocked conservatives: Nora's departure in ""A Doll's House"" was viewed as an attack on family and home, while the allusions to venereal disease and sexual misconduct in ""Ghosts"" were considered deeply offensive to standards of public decency. Ibsen refined Scribe's well-made play formula to make it more fitting to the realistic style. He provided a model for writers of the realistic school. In addition, his works ""Rosmersholm"" (1886) and"
"did his casting of outspoken actress Fonda – known at the time as ""Hanoi Jane"" – in the lead role. Set in nineteenth century Norway, Ibsen's ""A Doll's House"" focuses on the married life of banker Torvald Helmer and his wife Nora. A young middle-class couple with three small children, their seemingly respectable marriage is revealed to be a broken and bloodless matter. The Helmers live in an unequal partnership, dominated by Torvald. Although he professes to love her, Torvald constantly chides Nora for what he calls her careless and childlike nature; he often calls her his ""doll"". He proudly"
"Studioteatret from 1945 to 1949, and served as theatre director at Rogaland Teater from 1949 to 1951. Among his roles at Rogaland Teater was the lead role in Henrik Ibsen's ""Peer Gynt"", and ""Helmer"" in ""A Doll's House"". He worked for Den Nationale Scene from 1954 to 1956. He was regarded as an eminent interpreter of Norwegian fairy tales, as a reciter in radio and later television. He issued the book ""Teater i krig"" in 1983. Jens Bolling Jens Bolling (23 June 1915 – 13 December 1992) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He was among the founders of"
"Golden Age of Norwegian literature, the so-called ""Great Four"" emerged: Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Alexander Kielland, and Jonas Lie. Bjørnson's ""peasant novels"", such as ""Ein glad gut"" (A Happy Boy) and ""Synnøve Solbakken"", are typical of the Norwegian romantic nationalism of their day. Kielland's novels and short stories are mostly naturalistic. Although an important contributor to early romantic nationalism, (especially ""Peer Gynt""), Henrik Ibsen is better known for his pioneering realistic dramas such as ""The Wild Duck"" and ""A Doll's House."" They caused an uproar because of his candid portrayals of the middle classes, complete with infidelity, unhappy marriages, and"
"was largely responsible for the popularity of modern realistic drama in Europe, with plays like ""The Wild Duck"" and ""A Doll's House"". Nobel prizes for literature have been awarded to Selma Lagerlöf, Verner von Heidenstam, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Henrik Pontoppidan, Knut Hamsun, Sigrid Undset, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Pär Lagerkvist, Halldór Laxness, Nelly Sachs, Eyvind Johnson, Harry Martinson, and Tomas Tranströmer. In medieval times Scandinavia shared first Proto-Norse and then Old Norse as a common language. The earliest written records from Scandinavia are runic inscriptions on memorial stones and other objects. Some of those contain"
"A Doll's House (1973 Losey film) A Doll's House is a 1973 Franco-British drama film directed by Joseph Losey, based on the play of the same name by Henrik Ibsen. It stars Jane Fonda in the role of Nora Helmer and David Warner as her domineering husband, Torvald. In the United States, the film was broadcast nationally on the ABC television network. Losey's version of the classic play was extensively adapted for film. From Ibsen's expository dialogue, entire new scenes were developed by playwright David Mercer and integrated through a variety of invented sets. Losey's alterations generated considerable controversy, as"
"of the Royal Theatre. All in all, she had played 170 parts in almost 3,000 performances. Betty Hennings died on 27 October 1939 in Gentofte. Betty Hennings Betty Mathilde Hennings née Schnell (1850–1939) was a Danish actress who entered the Royal Danish Theatre as a ballet dancer but in 1870 turned to acting, first performing in Molière's ""The School for Wives"". She later became known for her roles in the plays of Henrik Ibsen, especially as Nora in ""A Doll's House"". Born on 26 October 1850 in Copenhagen, Betty Mathilde Schnell was the daughter of the tailor Stig Jørgen Schnell"
"he performed at the revue stage Chat Noir, and then at Centralteatret from 1944 to 1958. He was assigned with the Nationaltheatret from 1958 yo 1962, and after a period at Oslo Nye Teater, again at Nationaltheatret from 1968 to 1988. At Nationaltheatret he played in comedies by Ludvig Holberg, Molière and Noël Coward. Among his Ibsen characters were ""Krogstad"" in ""A Doll's House"", ""Manders"" in ""Ghosts"", and ""Begriffenfeldt"" and ""the button-molder"" in ""Peer Gynt"". He was awarded the Norwegian Theatre Critics Award in 1974 for the character ""Gustav"" in Strindberg's ""Creditors"". He participated in thirteen films, including ""Trine"" from"
"Nightsongs (play) Nightsongs () is a 1997 play by the Norwegian writer Jon Fosse. It tells the story of a young couple who just had their first child. The man tries to become a writer but is constantly rejected by publishers while the woman is growing tired of their situation. The play premiered in 1997 at Rogaland Teater in Stavanger, directed by Kai Johnsen. Hans Rossin of ""Dagbladet"" compared the play to ""A Doll's House"" by Henrik Ibsen, and wrote: ""But in terms of form, this is persistently Fosse. He continues to refine his linguistic minimalism with brief verbality on"
"Betty Hennings Betty Mathilde Hennings née Schnell (1850–1939) was a Danish actress who entered the Royal Danish Theatre as a ballet dancer but in 1870 turned to acting, first performing in Molière's ""The School for Wives"". She later became known for her roles in the plays of Henrik Ibsen, especially as Nora in ""A Doll's House"". Born on 26 October 1850 in Copenhagen, Betty Mathilde Schnell was the daughter of the tailor Stig Jørgen Schnell (1816–70) and Regine Sophie Dorothea Schmidt (1819–81). On 25 July 1877, she married the music publisher and composer Henrik Hennings. She trained as a ballet"
"within a month; a second edition of 3,000 copies followed on 4 January 1880, and a third edition of 2,500 was issued on 8 March. ""A Doll's House"" received its world premiere on 21 December 1879 at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, with Betty Hennings as Nora, Emil Poulsen as Torvald, and Peter Jerndorff as Dr. Rank. Writing for the Norwegian newspaper ""Folkets Avis"", the critic Erik Bøgh admired Ibsen's originality and technical mastery: ""Not a single declamatory phrase, no high dramatics, no drop of blood, not even a tear."" Every performance of its run was sold out. Another production"
"more Best actress awards], Per Fly's ""Manslaughter"" (2005), Swedish-Taiwanese ""Miss Kicki"" (2009) and Jan Troell's ""Truth and Consequence"" (2012). At the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, she has acted in several plays, starting 1981, several directed by Ingmar Bergman and touring internationally. These include Ophelia in William Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"" (1986) [a part she has also played in another Swedish television film, 1985], August Strindberg's ""A Dream Play"" (1986), Nora in Henrik Ibsen's ""A Doll's House"" (1989), Hermione in Bergman's special version of ""A Winter's Tale"" (1994), the title role in Schiller's ""Mary Stuart"" (2000) and Helene Alving in Ibsen's ""Ghosts"""
"Anneke von der Lippe Anneke von der Lippe (born 22 July 1964) is a Norwegian actress. She made history as the first Norwegian actress – and Nordic - to win an International Emmy Award. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1988, and has since acted both at Det Norske Teatret (the Norwegian Theater) and at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre), in roles such as ""Nora"" in Henrik Ibsen's ""A Doll's House"", ""Masja"" in Anton Chekhov's ""Three Sisters"", and ""Gwendolen Fairfax"" in Oscar Wildes ""The Importance of Being Earnest"". She has won the Amanda – the main Norwegian"
"Johanne Dybwad Johanne Dybwad (2 August 1867 – 4 March 1950) was a Norwegian stage actress and stage producer. She was the leading actress in Norwegian theatre for half a century. Johanne was born in Christiania as the daughter of actor Mathias Juell (1835–1894) and actress Johanne Regine Elvig (1847–1882). Both her parents were acting for the Christiania Theatre. Her mother was the first Norwegian to play ""Nora"" in Ibsen's ""A Doll's House"", in 1880. Her mother died in 1882, only 34 years old, and Johanne grew up with her aunt in Bergen. Her foster parents wanted to keep her"
"In Iceland the Sagas of Icelanders are the best-known specimens of Icelandic literature. In Finland the most famous collection of folk poetry is by far the Kalevala, which is the national epic of the country. Nordic countries have produced important and influential literature. Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright, was largely responsible for the popularity of modern realistic drama in Europe, with plays like ""The Wild Duck"" and ""A Doll's House"". His contemporary, Swedish novelist and playwright August Strindberg, was a forerunner of experimental forms such as expressionism, symbolism and surrealism. Nobel prizes for literature have been awarded to Selma Lagerlöf,"
"theatre. Plays such as ""Jean de France"" and ""Jeppe of the Hill"" are still performed today. Adam Oehlenschläger (1779–1850) introduced romanticism to the Danish theatre. Especially successful was his ""Earl Hakon the Mighty"", premiered in 1808. The Norwegian Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) also travelled to Copenhagen where he produced plays such as ""A Doll's House"" (1879). It deals with the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie and a woman’s struggle to emancipate herself. For Ibsen and his contemporaries, drama was not a question of entertainment but an exercise in critical commentary on the lifestyle of the times. During this period, the Royal Theatre"
"Christiania Theatre, from 1888 to 1899. She joined theatre director Bjørn Bjørnson at the National Theatre from its opening in 1899, and played here most of her career. During her time at Christiania Theatre she played 76 roles, including ""Hedvig"" in ""The Wild Duck"" (1889), ""Nora"" in ""A Doll's House"" (1890), and ""Juliet"" in ""Romeo and Juliet"" (1899). At Nationaltheatret she played roles such as ""Klara Sang"" in ""Over Ævne I"" (1899), ""Maja"" in ""When We Dead Awaken"" and ""Gerd"" in ""Brand"". She also toured with the theatre, to Copenhagen in 1903, to Berlin in 1907, and to Paris in"
"in 1945. She played for Studioteatret from 1945 to 1949. Among her roles were ""Emily"" in an adaption of Thornton Wilder's play ""Our Town"", ""Polly"" in Weill and Brecht's ""The Beggar's Opera"", and ""Natasja"" in Anton Chekhov's ""A Marriage Proposal"". She interpreted several roles from Henrik Ibsen's plays. One of her most important roles was ""Nora"" in ""A Doll's House"", which she played at Rogaland Teater in 1950, for Radioteatret in 1953, for Riksteatret in 1956, and at the National Theatre in 1957. She acted in the films ""Andrine og Kjell"" from 1951 and ""Blodveien"" from 1955. She participated in"
"the theatre to the world newspapers and society. In 2006, the centennial of Ibsen's death, ""A Doll's House"" held the distinction of being the world's most performed play that year. UNESCO has inscribed Ibsen's autographed manuscripts of ""A Doll's House"" on the Memory of the World Register in 2001, in recognition of their historical value. The title of the play is most commonly translated as ""A Doll's House"", though some scholars use ""A Doll House"". John Simon says that ""A Doll’s House"" is ""the British term for what [Americans] call a 'dollhouse'"". Egil Törnqvist says of the alternative title: ""Rather"
"feeble lines and even short scenes that the old genius didn't write"". Filming took place in the Norwegian town of Røros, where local residents served as extras for the exterior shots. Camera work was handled by acclaimed British cinematographer Gerry Fisher, who had a long history of work with Losey beginning in the mid-1960s and including such titles as ""Accident"" (1967), ""The Go-Between"" (1971), and ""Don Giovanni"" (1979). French composer Michel Legrand provided the musical soundtrack, a ""bright, horn-dominated neoclassical score"". ""A Doll's House"" was first aired in the United States on the ABC television network on 23 December 1973."
"his part, grumbled that Fonda had ""little sense of humor"" and ""was spending most of her time working on her political speeches, instead of learning her lines"". A Doll's House (1973 Losey film) A Doll's House is a 1973 Franco-British drama film directed by Joseph Losey, based on the play of the same name by Henrik Ibsen. It stars Jane Fonda in the role of Nora Helmer and David Warner as her domineering husband, Torvald. In the United States, the film was broadcast nationally on the ABC television network. Losey's version of the classic play was extensively adapted for film."
"famous of which are ""A Doll's House"" (1879), ""Ghosts"" (1881), ""The Wild Duck"" (1884), and ""Hedda Gabler"" (1890). In addition, his works ""Rosmersholm"" (1886) and ""When We Dead Awaken"" (1899) evoke a sense of mysterious forces at work in human destiny, which was to be a major theme of symbolism and the so-called ""Theatre of the Absurd"". After Ibsen, British theatre experienced revitalization with the work of George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, John Galsworthy, William Butler Yeats, and Harley Granville Barker. Unlike most of the gloomy and intensely serious work of their contemporaries, Shaw and Wilde wrote primarily in the"
"influence. In 1897, Marx and Aveling re-joined the Social Democratic Federation, like most former members of the Socialist League. In the 1880s, Eleanor Marx became more interested in theatre and took up acting. She believed in the arts as a socialist and feminist tool. In 1886, she performed a groundbreaking if critically unsuccessful reading of Henrik Ibsen's ""A Doll's House"" in London, with herself as Nora Helmer, Aveling as Torvald Helmer, and George Bernard Shaw as Krogstad. She also translated various literary works, including the first English translation of Gustave Flaubert's ""Madame Bovary"". She expressly learnt Norwegian in order to"
"A Doll's House (1918 film) A Doll's House is a 1918 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount Pictures. It is the third American motion picture filming of Henrik Ibsen's play ""A Doll's House"". Maurice Tourneur directed and Elsie Ferguson starred. This film is lost. As described in a film magazine, to save her husband's life Nora Helmar (Ferguson) borrows a large sum of money and, after he has recovered, saying nothing to him, she slowly pays the debt. When Helmar (Herbert) discharges Krogstadt (Shannon), the moneylender, from the bank,"
"A Doll's House, Part 2 A Doll's House, Part 2 is a 2017 play written by Lucas Hnath. The play premiered at the South Coast Repertory, in April 2017, before transferring to Broadway at the John Golden Theatre. The play ""picks up after Henrik Ibsen's ""A Doll's House"" concludes"". The play was commissioned by South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California, where it was directed by Shelley Butler in April 2016. The play opened on Broadway on April 27, 2017, after previews, which began on March 30, 2017, at the John Golden Theatre. The Broadway production is directed by Sam"
"II. The family moved to New York, where four years later, her father died of a brain tumor, an event that affected her greatly. Her mother worked as a bookseller while raising two daughters. They eventually returned to Norway, settling in Trondheim. Ullmann began her acting career as a stage actress in Norway during the mid-1950s. She continued to act in theatre for most of her career, and became noted for her portrayal of Nora in Henrik Ibsen's play ""A Doll's House"", but became better known once she started to work with Swedish movie director Ingmar Bergman. She later acted,"
"A Doll's Dream A Doll's Dream () is a 1950 Norwegian animation film directed by Ivo Caprino. It was the first 35mm colour film made in Norway. The film is about Lars and Lotte, two children whose father owns a music shop. The father wants them to learn to play, but instead of playing the instruments they destroy them. One night Sandman comes and makes them dream that they go up in the attic where their father's old instruments are. The instruments come alive, and play melodies. After this, Lars and Lotte no longer want to destroy the instruments, and"