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The New York Times - Theater As an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” played out over the weekend on a basketball court in a building that was once a Flint elementary school, the echoes were uncanny.
For Flint, an 1882 Play About Bad Water Is ‘Exactly What We’re Living’
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An adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People,” about the discovery of a tainted water supply, was painfully resonant when performed in Flint.
105 months ago
The New Yorker A playwright revisits “A Doll’s House,” Henrik Ibsen’s once shocking play about a woman who leaves her family, a hundred and thirty-eight years after its première.
Episode 82: The Sequel to “A Doll’s House,” and a President Abroad
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The official line on Trump’s foreign policy, Jeffrey Toobin on the firing of James Comey, and a brand-new sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s play “A Doll’s House.”
106 months ago
The Daily Beast Henrik Ibsen brought "enemy of the people" into common usage.
How Donald Trump Made a Norwegian Playwright The Most Important Man of the Moment.
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Donald Trump likely has never heard of Henrik Ibsen, but the president just put journalists sticking up to him in excellent company.
109 months ago
The New York Times - Theater In “Peer Gynt and the Norwegian Hapa Band,” the Ma-Yi Theater Company has twinned an updated version of Ibsen’s text to a dozen or more original rock and pop songs.
Review: ‘Peer Gynt’ as Punk, With Soundtrack to Match
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This updated version of Henrik Ibsen’s 1867 verse drama includes rock and pop songs as it centers on an adventurous Scandinavian lad.
110 months ago
The New York Times - Theater This spruced-up translation of Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" -- shaved to a 90-minute sprint — gets a satisfyingly sturdy staging from the Pearl Theater.
Review: In ‘Public Enemy,’ a Noble Whistle-Blower Turns Fanatic
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Ibsen’s evergreen story still has much to offer in this 90-minute version by David Harrower, given a modern-dress production by the Pearl Theater.
113 months ago
The Economist Our quote of the day is from Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen
118 months ago
The New York Times - Theater A look at the eerie poster art for “Little Erik,” a new adaptation of Ibsen’s “Little Eyolf” having its premiere at the Aurora Theater in Berkeley, Calif.
The Eyes Have It in ‘Little Erik’
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Kids keep it creepy in the poster for an adaptation of Ibsen’s “Little Eyolf” at the Aurora Theater Company in Berkeley, Calif.
121 months ago
The New York Times - Theater The director Richard Eyre’s continuing inquiry into the plays of Henrik Ibsen reaches a new peak with “Little Eyolf" in London.
Review: ‘Little Eyolf,’ ‘The Homecoming’ and ‘Medea,’ on London Stages
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Revivals of a lesser-known work by Ibsen, unbridled ferocity from Pinter and a shimmeringly intense Greek tragedy.
124 months ago
The New York Times - Theater This week’s In Performance video features the Olivier Award-winning actress Lesley Manville as Helene Alving, the aggrieved wife and mother at the center of Ibsen’s family drama “Ghosts.”
In Performance: Lesley Manville of 'Ghosts'
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A scene from Ibsen’s drama, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
132 months ago
The New York Times - Theater Richard Eyre’s full-strength production of Ibsen’s “Ghosts" allows you to feel the bruising force with which this drama assaulted unsuspecting audiences of the late 19th century.
Review: In Richard Eyre’s Production of ‘Ghosts,’ the Clean Parts Are the Most Disturbing
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Richard Eyre’s production of the classic Ibsen play, at the Harvey Theater of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, allows the audience to feel the full, bruising force of the drama.
132 months ago
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