Henrik Ibsen was a 19th-century Norwegian playwright who is credited with being perhaps the biggest contributor to Modern theatre. Ibsen wrote many classic plays, such as A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, and An Enemy of the People, and he is still the most widely performed playwright after Shakespeare. Hedda Gabler first premiered in 1891 at a theatre in Munich. The play centers around the title character, a newly married woman who is quickly bored with her new life. The play is largely recognized as an early classic ...
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Henrik Ibsen was a 19th-century Norwegian playwright who is credited with being perhaps the biggest contributor to Modern theatre. Ibsen wrote many classic plays, such as A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, and An Enemy of the People, and he is still the most widely performed playwright after Shakespeare. Hedda Gabler first premiered in 1891 at a theatre in Munich. The play centers around the title character, a newly married woman who is quickly bored with her new life. The play is largely recognized as an early classic in realism and Hedda is still one of the most coveted roles in all of theatre.
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