Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a nineteenth-century Norwegian playwright whose works transformed modern theater.
Plays like *A Doll's House*, *Hedda Gabler*, and *Ghosts* challenged Victorian social norms and pioneered psychological realism on stage.
Ibsen is often called the father of modern drama: Every playwright since Ibsen owes him something.
Worldview excluding the supernatural
- social critiqueExamination of societal problems
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- middle-classIntermediate socioeconomic group
- moralityRight and wrong principles
hypocrisy · duty · marriage · scandal · respectability · convention · psychology · motivation
Norway's chief city
- NorwayScandinavian coastal kingdom
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
- NordicOf northern Europe
- fjordsGlacially carved coastal inlets
National Theatre · Edvard Grieg · Munch · emigrant · exile · Munich · Rome · Dresden
Raised performance platform
- directorOne who leads
- performanceCarrying out a task
- repertoryCollection of prepared works
- West EndLondon theatre district
Broadway · proscenium · fourth wall · ensemble · blocking · rehearsal · revival · adaptation
Advocacy for sex equality
- NoraFeminine given name
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- self-realizationAchieving personal potential
idealism · truth · duty · sacrifice · inheritance · secrets · repression · conformity
Ibsen's feminist stage work
- BrandA family name
- stagecraftTheater production expertise
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- three-actDivided into trio
naturalism
Worldview excluding the supernatural
- social critiqueExamination of societal problems
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- middle-classIntermediate socioeconomic group
morality · hypocrisy · duty · marriage · scandal · respectability · convention · psychology · motivation · subtext
Oslo
Norway's chief city
- NorwayScandinavian coastal kingdom
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
- NordicOf northern Europe
fjords · National Theatre · Edvard Grieg · Munch · emigrant · exile · Munich · Rome · Dresden · kroner
stage
Raised performance platform
- directorOne who leads
- performanceCarrying out a task
- repertoryCollection of prepared works
West End · Broadway · proscenium · fourth wall · ensemble · blocking · rehearsal · revival · adaptation · interpretation
feminism
Advocacy for sex equality
- NoraFeminine given name
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
self-realization · idealism · truth · duty · sacrifice · inheritance · secrets · repression · conformity · rebellion
A Doll's House
Ibsen's feminist stage work
- BrandA family name
- stagecraftTheater production expertise
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- Nordic WritersHans Christian Andersen, Astrid Lindgren, Snorri Sturluson
- Norwegian Writers
- NorwayOslo, Bergen, Trondheim, fjord, fjords
- theatreBroadway, acting, theatre, stage, actor
- PlaywrightsWilliam Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Chekhov, Sophocles
- 1880s LiteratureTreasure Island, The Brothers Karamazov, Anna Karenina, King Solomon's Mines, Ben-Hur
Henrik Ibsenmelodrama
Sensational, emotionally overwrought drama
Oscar Wilde · operetta · farce · vaudeville
Henrik IbsenP.G. Wodehouse
Oscar Wilde · Gilbert and Sullivan · farce · Neil Simon · light entertainment