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Description for Peer Gynt
Paperback. The epic story of Peer's quest for the meaning of life as he staggers from the fjords of Norway to the deserts of Africa and back. Written in 1876. Translator(s): McLeish, Kenneth. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 107 x 13. Weight in Grams: 116.
Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price
Henrik Ibsen's mighty epic, by turns fantastic and tragic, based on the Norwegian fairy tale Per Gynt.
Ibsen's play, his last to be written in verse, follows the poet and braggart Peer Gynt as, fleeing disgrace, he swaggers and seduces his way from the fjords of Norway to the deserts of Africa and back.
Peer Gynt was originally published in 1867, and first performed in Christiania (Oslo) in 1876.
This English version, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
Drama Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
130
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854594358
SKU
V9781854594358
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Ref
99-5
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
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