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Henrik Ibsen(1828-1906)

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Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20th in Stockmannsgerden in Skien. His mother was Marichen and his father was Knud, a merchant. On 1835 his father gave up his business and the family moved to Venstop, a farm in Gjerpen. In 1843 he confirmed in Gjerpen church and left home in order to apprentice to Jens Aarup Reinmann, chemist. Three years later his first son was born by Else Sophie Jesdatter. On 1849 he wrote Catiline which was published a year later. On September 26, 1850 the first Ibsen staging in history took place; the one-act The Burial Mound was performed at Cristiania Theater. Two years later he started directing productions at Det norske Theater in Bergen. From 1853 to 1877 he wrote the plays St. John's night, Lady Inger, The feast at Solhoug, Olaf Liliekrans, The Vikings at Helgeland, Love's comedy, The pretenders, Brand, Peer Gynt, The League of Youth, Emperor and Galilean and Pillars of Society and the poems Life on the Upland, Terje Vigen and Balloon letter to a Swedish lady. Meanwhile he married Suzannah Thoresen in 1858 and his second son Sigurg was born a year later. In 1878 he moved to Rome where he lived for seven years. There he started writing the circle of his 11 last plays that made him classic; A Doll's House (1879), Ghosts (1881), An Enemy of the people (1882), The Wild Duck (1884), Rosmersholm (1886), The Lady from the Sea (1888), Hedda Gabler (1890), The Master Builder (1892), Little Ejolf (1894) John Gabriel Borkman (1896) and his last one When We Dead Awaken (1898). The same year large-scale celebrations took place in Christiania, Copenhagen and Stockholm for his 70th birthday. Two years later he had his first stroke. On May 23rd 1906 he died.
BornMarch 20, 1828
DiedMay 23, 1906(78)
BornMarch 20, 1828
DiedMay 23, 1906(78)
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Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts in While We're Young (2014)
While We're Young
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Darin Cooper and Kate MacCluggage in Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
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    An Enemy of the People
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      Hedda Gabler
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        • Eyolf
          • Completed
        • The Lady from the Sea
          • Completed
        • The Enemy of the People
          • Pre-production
        • A Doll's House
          • Pre-production
        • A Doll's House
          • Pre-production
        • Hedda Gabler
          • Post-production
        • Henrik Ibsen 's Hedda Gabler (JMK films) (2022)
          Henrik Ibsen 's Hedda Gabler (JMK films)
        • Jürgen Meow Russin in The Homework's Revenge: Esther in Wonderland (2021)
          The Homework's Revenge: Esther in Wonderland
        • Teatr Polskiego Radia (1925)
          Teatr Polskiego Radia
        • Dollar Shakespeare (2021)
          Dollar Shakespeare
        • Mikhail Bondarev, Yaroslav Kozak, Leonid Syplyi, Kirill Mieliekiestsev, and Kostiantyn Bakkansky in Vedro (2013)
          Vedro
        • A Doll's House
        • Teatre Lliure: L'ànec salvatge (2020)
          Teatre Lliure: L'ànec salvatge
        • Cátia Tomé, Vítor Silva Costa, Sérgio de Brito, and Ricardo Teixeira in Dolls (2019)
          Dolls
        • I riassuntini (2018)
          I riassuntini
          • (2020)
        • Beata (2017)
          Beata
        • National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler (2017)
          National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
        • TV teatar (1956)
          TV teatar
        • Wanja Mues and Susanne Wolff in Hedda (2016)
          Hedda
        • Hedda Gabler (2016)
          Hedda Gabler
        • Solness (2015)
          Solness
        • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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          • March 20, 1828
          • Skien, Norway
          • May 23, 1906
          • Kristiania, Norway [now Oslo, Norway](undisclosed)
          • June 18, 1858 - May 23, 1906 (his death, 1 child)
        • Other works
          Stage: Wrote "A Doll's House", produced on Broadway. Drama (revival). Lyceum Theatre: 2 Mar 1905-May 1905 (15 performances).
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          He is called "the father of modern drama" because his extremely influential plays dealing with domestic life dealt with some of the most shocking issues of the day - venereal disease, a wife abandoning her husband and children to discover her own worth as a human being, suicide, etc. He also wrote a few verse dramas, among them "Peer Gynt". However, Edvard Grieg's music for the original 1876 production is now performed much more often than is the play.
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          The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone.

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