{"product_id":"dolls-house-and-other-plays","title":"Doll''s House and Other Plays","description":"The plays of Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) are critically acclaimed throughout the world. The father of modern drama, Ibsen broke with theatrical conventions and created a more realistic form of drama that used the stage as a forum for debating social problems, notably the rights of the individual, and the damaging effects of orthodoxy. This collection of four plays contains, in A Doll’s House (1879) and Hedda Gabler (1890), his most striking depictions of the struggle by individuals - especially women - to realise their full potential; it also presents Peer Gynt (1867), an early verse tour de force, not originally intended for the stage, on the nature of the self, and The Master Builder (1892), a play that explores the clash between the old and the new in richly metaphorical language. This collection returns to the acclaimed translations of William Archer (1856-1924), who through these renditions played a major role in promoting Ibsen’s reputation outside Norway. Archer was also a critic, who with actress Elizabeth Robbins and dramatist George Bernard Shaw was central in the modernisation of English theatre.","brand":"Wordsworth Editions Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58453819457871,"sku":"9781840229660","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/dolls-house-and-other-plays","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}