The Master Builder - Couverture souple

Ibsen, Henrik

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 185459351X ISBN 13 : 9781854593511

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 1997

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Master Builder is a play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was first published in December 1892 and is regarded as one of Ibsen's most significant and revealing works. The setting and plot of The Master Builder can be taken as one of unrelenting, "frock-coated realism": the destructive outcome of a middle-aged, professional man's infatuation with a younger, teasing woman or, as critic Desmond MacCarthy prosaically describes this concept of the work: the tragedy of an "elderly architect who falls off his scaffold while trying to show off before a young lady". If, however, we take Solness's belief in his powers at their face value, the play can also be a lyrical and poetic fairytale, in the manner of Peer Gynt travelling the Earth in his magical adventures while the faithful Solveig waits for his return. On stage both interpretations are possible, although it is difficult to give equal weight to both meanings in the same production.

Biographie de l'auteur :

HENRIK IBSEN (1828-1906) is the author of A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Brand, Peer Gynt and The Master Builder among many others. DAVID EDGAR is best known for his adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby for the RSC. Other adaptations include Albert Speer, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Arthur & George. His original work for the stage includes Destiny, Maydays, Pentecost, The Shape of the Table, Entertaining Strangers and Playing With Fire. All of these along with his book How Plays Work are published by NHB.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 185459351X
• ISBN 13: 9781854593511
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 124