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The League of Youth

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Description for The League of Youth Paperback. Ibsen's political comedy in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett. Translator(s): Barrett, Andy. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.

Ibsen's political comedy in a crisp and satirical version by Andy Barrett.

Bratsberg is a man of tradition. He thinks manners, knowledge and education are the foundations of a good society, but are his values dated? Monsen is an entrepreneur who believes success comes from hard work, but can he be trusted? Stensgard is a radical. He can see that change is beckoning and that he should be the man to drive progress forward. But when real power becomes a possibility how will he respond?

A play about political ambition and opportunism, the conflicts of class, the difficulties ... Read more

Written as a response to political change in Norway, The League of Youth was Henrik Ibsen's first truly successful play, and is a clear precursor to The Pillars of Society, A Doll's House and An Enemy of the People. Its vivid characters are instantly recognisable as the prototypes for many of his greatest creations.

This English version by Andy Barrett was first staged at Nottingham Playhouse in 2011.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
116
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848421882
SKU
V9781848421882
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About Henrik Ibsen
Born in Norway in 1828, Ibsen began his writing career with romantic history plays influenced by Shakespeare and Schiller. In 1851 he was appointed writer-in-residence at the newly established Norwegian Theatre in Bergen with a contract to write a play a year for five years, following which he was made Artistic Director of the Norwegian Theatre in what is now ... Read more

Reviews for The League of Youth
'Andy Barrett's new version does an excellent job… allows us, without pushing the point, to savour the topicality of a play in which principles are sacrificed for power'
Guardian
'A wonderful adaptation'
Left Lion
'Andy Barrett's new version brings fresh meaning to what I suspect is an impenetrable original'
Whatsonstage.com

Goodreads reviews for The League of Youth


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