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.H...
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"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 Produc...
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"Peer Gynt" explores the state of mind of the self, through the adventures of Peer Gynt. It also projects the human soul beyond the limits of time. Peer's words "I don't know what I'm looking for" sho...
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Everyone wants to work with Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson — except Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola — who directed Pacino and De Niro in "The Godfather" trilogy — says...
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Marisa Tomei will star in the premiere of Will Eno’s “Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions,” at the Off Broadway Flea Theater. Previews will begin Nov. 3 for a Nov. 29 openin...
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Come for a play. Stay for the ambiance.That's what Joe Dowling, the artistic director of the Guthrie Theater, wants people to do at the shimmering new $125 million complex, a huge space with a fine...
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Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Peer Gynt
Coppola chides 3 Oscar-winning actors
