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Name: Henrik Ibsen
Birth Date: March 20, 1828
Death Date: May 23, 1906
Place of Birth: Skien, Norway
Place of Death: Christiania, Norway
Nationality: Norwegian
Gender: Male
Occupations: playwright

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Biography of Henrik Ibsen
4,467 words, approx. 15 pages
"In the English-speaking world today Henrik Ibsen has become one of the three major classics of the theatre," wrote Martin Esslin in an essay included in Ibsen and the Theatre: The Dramatist in Production. "Shakespeare, Chekhov and Ibsen are at the...
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Biography of Henrik Ibsen
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The Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) developed realistic techniques that changed the entire course of Western drama. There is very little in modern drama that does not owe a debt to him. Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828, in the town...


Quotations
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Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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Henrik Johan Ibsen ( 1828-03-20 – 1906-05-23 ) was a Norwegian playwright who was largely responsible for the rise of the modern realistic drama. It is said that Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare....


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Ibsen, Henrik
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(born March 20, 1828, Skien, Norway—died May 23, 1906, Kristiania [formerly Christiania; now Oslo]) major Norwegian playwright of the late 19th century who introduced to the European stage a new order of moral analysis that was placed against a...
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Ibsen, Henrik (Johan)
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(born March 20, 1828, Skien, Nor.—died May 23, 1906, Kristiania) Norwegian playwright. At age 23 he became theatre director and resident playwright of the new National Theatre at Bergen, charged with creating a “national drama.” He...
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Henrik Ibsen Information
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Henrik Johan Ibsen (March 20, 1828 – May 23, 1906) was a major Norwegian playwright largely responsible for the rise of modern realistic drama. He is often referred to as the "father of modern drama."[1] Ibsen is held to be the greatest of...


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The Economist (US)
Henrik Ibsen.
02/15/1997: 509 words, approx. 2 pages
HENRIK IBSEN. By Robert Ferguson. Richard Cohen Books; 408 pages; [Pounds] 25 IBSEN is one of the greatest academic industries of the world, as Robert Ferguson acknowledges in the preface to his study. In justifying adding yet another tome to the pile,...
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Scandinavian Studies
Ibsen and the name-of-the-father. (Henrik Ibsen)
06/22/1997: 8,434 words, approx. 28 pages
Henrik Ibsen's plays often associated the male family name with patriarchical authority. Bernick in 'Pillars of Society' is trapped by his past lies, Nora in 'A Doll's House' has to steal her husband's name, and Helene Alving in 'Ghosts' cannot escape the presence evoked...
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AP News
Today in history - May 23
5/23/2007: 587 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Wednesday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2007. There are 222 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, La.On this date:In...
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AP News
Today in history - July 27
7/27/2007: 542 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Friday, July 27, the 208th day of 2007. There are 157 days eft in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 27, 1789, President Washington signed a measure establishing the Department of Foreign Affairs, forerunner of the Department of State.On this date:In 1794, French...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 98%
The Changing Relationship Between Individual and Society in Modern Drama
4,232 words, approx. 14 pages
A look at the changing relationship between the individual and society through analysis of Henrik Ibsen, Bertolt Brecht and Arthur Miller.
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Essay Grade: 98%
'Evolution or Revolution' - Recurring ideas in Ibsen, O'Neill and Shepard
3,906 words, approx. 13 pages
Details the recurring themes and ideas in the drama's of Henrik Ibsen, Eugene O'Neill and Sam Shepard.
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Essay Grade: 83%
Ibsen Said That His Mission in Life Was to "inspire Individuals to Freedom and Independence
1,359 words, approx. 5 pages
A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen is basically about his revolutionary play that inspired females towards freedom. Henrik Ibsen was one of the first writers to use his plays to comment and analyse controversial social topics of the Victorian society. He used his writing as a way to express his belief that societies conditioning was holding individual people hostage.


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