Peer Gynt

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Boktrykkeri, Grøndahl; Boktrykkeri, Søns (1953). Den Norske turistforenings årbok (in Norwegian). p.30. Templeton, Joan (2009). "Survey of Articles on Ibsen: 2007, 2008" (PDF). IBSEN News and Comment. The Ibsen Society of America. 29: 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-09-28 . Retrieved September 27, 2019. Peer Gynt Sculpture Park (Peer Gynt-parken) is a sculpture park located in Oslo, Norway. Created in honour of Henrik Ibsen, it is a monumental presentation of Peer Gynt, scene by scene. It was established in 2006 by Selvaag, the company behind the housing development in the area. Most of the sculptures in this park are the result of an international sculpture competition.

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In 2006, Robert Wilson staged a co-production revival with both the National Theater of Bergen and the Norwegian Theatre of Oslo, Norway. Ann-Christin Rommen directed the actors in Norwegian (with English subtitles). This production mixed both Wilson's minimalist (yet constantly moving) stage designs with technological effects to bring out the play's expansive potential. Furthermore, they utilized state-of-the-art microphones, sound systems, and recorded acoustic and electronic music to bring clarity to the complex and shifting action and dialogue. From April 11 through the 16th, they performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Howard Gilman Opera House. Farquharson Sharp, R., trans. 1936. Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem. Henrik Ibsen. Edinburgh: J. M Dent & Sons and Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Available in online edition. On 20 March 2013, Google celebrated Henrik Ibsen's 185th Birthday with a doodle. [54] [55] Ancestry [ edit ] Monogram of Henrik Ibsen Ingmar Bergman Foundation. "Ingmar Bergman produces Peer Gynt at Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1991". Ingmarbergman.se. Archived from the original on 2010-08-17 . Retrieved 2010-01-05. Shaw, George Bernard. The Quintessence of Ibsenism (1891). The classic introduction, setting the playwright in his time and place.In 2020, a new audio drama adaptation of Peer Gynt by Colin Macnee, written in verse form with original music, was released [52] in podcast form. Ibsen and His Discontents" – a critical, conservative view of Ibsen's works, written by Theodore Dalrymple

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The Ibsen Society of America (ISA) was founded in 1978 at the close of the Ibsen Sesquicentennial Symposium held in New York City to mark the 150th anniversary of Henrik Ibsen's birth. Distinguished Ibsen translator and critic Rolf Fjelde, Professor of Literature at Pratt Institute and the chief organizer of the Symposium, was elected Founding President. In December 1979, the ISA was certified as a non-profit corporation under the laws of the State of New York. Its purpose is to foster through lectures, readings, performances, conferences, and publications an understanding of Ibsen's works as they are interpreted as texts and produced on stage and in film and other media. An annual newsletter, Ibsen News and Comment, is distributed to all members. [53] In 1998, playwright Romulus Linney directed his adaptation of the play, entitled Gint, at the Theatre for the New City in New York. This adaptation moved the play's action to 20th-century Appalachia and California. The literary critic Harold Bloom in his book The Western Canon has challenged the conventional reading of Peer Gynt, stating: Ingmar Bergman Foundation. "Ingmar Bergman produces Peer Gynt at Malmö City Theatre, 1957". Ingmarbergman.se. Archived from the original on 2009-01-11 . Retrieved 2010-01-05.

In November 2010 Southampton Philharmonic Choir and the New London Sinfonia performed the complete incidental music using a new English translation commissioned from Beryl Foster. In the performance, the musical elements were linked by an English narrative read by actor Samuel West. [39] The tales encompass the themes of identity, relationships and personal stories from a lonely hunter. The folk tale tells of the eponymous Per Gynt and his various exploits. He rescues three dairy-maids from trolls and shoots the Bøyg, a troll which takes the form of a gigantic serpent and stands as a hindrance to travellers. [3] [4] [5] [6]