Beyond such influence, Ibsen's plays remain a vital part of the dramatic repertoire for their rich story value. Dramatic pieces such as
Ghosts, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, The Wild Duck, and
The Master Builder, among the playwright's nearly thirty plays, still find vital performance and production in theaters around the world, their messages of individualism and moral responsibility proving every bit as relevant to the twenty-first century as they did to Ibsen's world on the brink of the twentieth.
Apprentice Playwright
Ibsen was born to wealthy parents in Skien, a lumbering town south of Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, the second son in a family of six children. The family was reduced to poverty when his father's general store failed in 1834. Ibsen's father had to mortgage most of his possessions to pay off his debts, an experience that stayed with Ibsen all his life, to be recreated in the play John Gabriel Borkman.
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