At age 23, Henrik Ibsen became director
of a theater that eventually went bankrupt. Henrik jumped at the opportunity, moved to Italy, and wrote excellent plays.
In 1858, Henrik married Suzannah
Thoresen
What was different about Ibsen's plays?
He was a shocker.
For instance, while people at the time
felt like a happy ending was a must-have, Henrik ended his plays
with double suicide, women leaving their family, or people dying
from syphilis.
THE PLAYS BY
HENRIK IBSEN
1850 Catiline
1862 Love's Comedy
1863 The Pretenders
1866 Brand
1867 Peer Gynt
1873 Emperor and Galilean
1869 The League of Youth
1877 Pillars of Society
1879 A Doll's House
1881 Ghosts
1882 An Enemy of the People
1884 The Wild Duck
1886 Rosmersholm
1888 The Lady from the Sea
1890 Hedda Gabler
1892 The Master Builder
1894 Little Eyolf
1896 John Gabriel Borkman
1899 When We Dead Awaken
What else?
In Rome, Henrik met another smart man
from Norway, Edvard Grieg, who put some incredible music
to Peer Gynt. Check it out:
