Hedda Gabler and Other Plays, Paperback/Henrik Ibsen

Description A collection of four plays by the famed playwright, including Hedda Gabler , which features one of the most infamous women characters in theater A Penguin Classic One of the most renowned playwrights of all time, Norwegian-born Henrik Ibsen was an influential figure in the development of realist theater. Hedda Gabler , arguably Ibsen's greatest work, is a tumultuous and sweeping play about a woman contending with her own dissatisfaction at the turn of the nineteenth century. Considered by many critics a heroine as complex and tragic so as to rival Hamlet, Hedda finds her life in disarray after the sudden appearance of her husband's rival--her former lover, Eilert--and, consumed by jealousy toward Eilert's new paramour, triggers the chain of events that will lead to the play's ultimate, shocking conclusion. The Wild Duck , The Lady from the Sea , and Rosmersholm , though lesser known, are no less provocative or brimming with psychological complexity; together, these four plays serve as timeless explorations of identity, society, power, and freedom. About the Author Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is often called "the Father of Modern Drama." Born in Norway, he enjoyed successes with the verse dramas Brand and Peer Gynt , before embarking on his great twelve-play cycle of society dramas, which includes A Doll ' s House and Ghosts . After twenty-one years of self-imposed exile in Italy and Germany, he died in Norway. Deborah Dawkin and Erik Skuggevik are literary translators.