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Henrik Ibsen
Writer, Additional Credits
Born March 20, 1828Died May 23, 1906 (78 years)
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Henrik Johan Ibsen (20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. 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, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House was the world's most performed play in 2006.
Ibsen's early poetic and cinematic play Peer Gynt has strong surreal elements. After Peer Gynt Ibsen abandoned verse and wrote in realistic prose. Several of his later dramas were considered scandalous to many of his era, when European theatre was expected to model strict morals of family life and propriety. Ibsen's later work examined the realities that lay behind the facades, revealing much that was disquieting to a number of his contemporaries. He had a critical eye and conducted a free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality. In many critics' estimates The Wild Duck and Rosmersholm are "vying with each other as rivals for the top place among Ibsen's works"; Ibsen himself regarded Emperor and Galilean as his masterpiece.
Ibsen is often ranked as one of the most distinguished playwrights in the European tradition. He is widely regarded as the foremost playwright of the nineteenth century. He influenced other playwrights and novelists such as George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, James Joyce, Eugene O'Neill, and Miroslav Krleža. Ibsen was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, 1903, and 1904.
Ibsen wrote his plays in Danish (the common written language of Denmark and Norway during his lifetime) and they were published by the Danish publisher Gyldendal. Although most of his plays are set in Norway—often in places reminiscent of Skien, the port town where he grew up—Ibsen lived for 27 years in Italy and Germany, and rarely visited Norway during his most productive years. Born into a patrician merchant family, the intertwined Ibsen and Paus family, Ibsen shaped his dramas according to his family background and often modeled characters after family members. He was the father of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. Ibsen's dramas had a strong influence upon contemporary culture.
Henrik Johan Ibsen (20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. 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, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House was the world's most performed play in 2006.
Ibsen's early poetic and cinematic play Peer Gynt has strong surreal elements. After Peer Gynt Ibsen abandoned verse and wrote in realistic prose. Several of his later dramas were considered scandalous to many of his era, when European theatre was expected to model strict morals of family life and propriety. Ibsen's later work examined the realities that lay behind the facades, revealing much that was disquieting to a number of his contemporaries. He had a critical eye and conducted a free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality. In many critics' estimates The Wild Duck and Rosmersholm are "vying with each other as rivals for the top place among Ibsen's works"; Ibsen himself regarded Emperor and Galilean as his masterpiece.
Ibsen is often ranked as one of the most distinguished playwrights in the European tradition. He is widely regarded as the foremost playwright of the nineteenth century. He influenced other playwrights and novelists such as George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, James Joyce, Eugene O'Neill, and Miroslav Krleža. Ibsen was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, 1903, and 1904.
Ibsen wrote his plays in Danish (the common written language of Denmark and Norway during his lifetime) and they were published by the Danish publisher Gyldendal. Although most of his plays are set in Norway—often in places reminiscent of Skien, the port town where he grew up—Ibsen lived for 27 years in Italy and Germany, and rarely visited Norway during his most productive years. Born into a patrician merchant family, the intertwined Ibsen and Paus family, Ibsen shaped his dramas according to his family background and often modeled characters after family members. He was the father of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. Ibsen's dramas had a strong influence upon contemporary culture.
Known For
Henrik Ibsen Filmography
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| 2006 | Peer Gynt · as Novel |
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| 1990 | |
| 1989 | Vildanden (TV Series) |
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| 1970 | |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) |
| 1955 | |
| 1944 | Nora · as Novel |
| 1941 | |
| 1935 |
| 2025 | Hedda · as Theatre Play |
| 2023 | The Lady from the Sea · as Skuespill: "fruen Fra Havet" |
| 2023 | Ett dockhem · as Skuespill: "ett Dukkehjem" |
| 2018 | Doll's House · as Story |
| 2017 | National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler · as Theatre Play |
| 2016 | Hedda Gabler · as Author |
| 2016 | Hedda · as Theatre Play |
| 2015 | Solness · as Story |
| 2015 | The Daughter · as Author |
| 2014 | While We're Young · as Epigraph From "a Master Builder" By |
| 2014 | Heart of Lightness · as Play |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | A Master Builder · as Theatre Play |
| 2013 | Vedro (TV Series) · as Partially Based On "peer Gynt" By |
| 2013 | Et dukkehjem · as Theatre Play |
| 2012 | Fragmentos de Brand · as Play: "brand" |
| 2012 | A Doll's House · as Skuespill: "ett Dukkehjem" |
| 2009 | The Frost · as Play |
| 2008 | Akasha Gopuram · as Story |
| 2007 | Ghosts · as Skuespill: "gengangere" |
| 2005 | An Enemy of the People · as Story |
| 2001 | Rosmersholm · as Skuespill: "rosmersholm" |
| 1997 | Ghosts · as Play "gengangere" |
| 1993 | A Dama do Mar · as Play |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Author |
| 1989 | An Enemy of the People · as Original Story |
| 1985 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Theatre Play |
| 1983 | The Wild Duck · as Author |
| 1981 | Hedda Gabler · as Author |
| 1978 | An Enemy of the People · as Author |
| 1976 | The Wild Duck · as Theatre Play |
| 1974 | Et dukkehjem · as Play |
| 1974 | Nora Helmer · as Author |
| 1973 | A Doll's House · as Theatre Play |
| 1973 | A Doll's House · as Original Story |
| 1972 | An Enemy of the Society · as Theatre Play |
| 1970 | To theatro tis Defteras (TV Series) · as Play "villanden" |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Play "et Dukkehjem" |
| 1965 | Estudio 1 (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1963 | Hedda Gabler · as Play: "hedda Gabler" |
| 1963 | The Wild Duck · as Author |
| 1962 | Hedda Gabler · as Author |
| 1959 | A Doll's House · as Original Story |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Play: Byggmester Solness |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Play "gengangere" |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1954 | Camera Three (TV Series) · as Play: "the Wild Duck" |
| 1954 | Casa de muñecas · as Play "et Dukkehjem" |
| 1953 | Television Theater (TV Series) · as Drama |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Play "a Doll's House" |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Play "a Doll's House" |
| 1923 | Nora · as Theatre Play |
| 1920 | Pillars of Society · as Play "samfundets Støtter" |
| 1917 | A Doll's House · as Theatre Play |
| 1917 | A Man There Was · as Story |
| 1915 | Ghosts · as Theatre Play |