Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henrik Johan Ibsen (20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, When We Dead Awaken, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House was the world's most performed play in 2006. Ibsen's early poetic and cinematic play Peer Gynt has strong surreal elements. After Peer Gynt Ibsen abandoned verse and wrote in realistic prose. Several of his later dramas were considered scandalous to many of his era, when European theatre was expected to model strict morals of family life and propriety. Ibsen's later work examined the realities that lay behind the facades, revealing much that was disquieting to a number of his contemporaries. He had a critical eye and conducted a free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality. In many critics' estimates The Wild Duck and Rosmersholm are "vying with each other as rivals for the top place among Ibsen's works"; Ibsen himself regarded Emperor and Galilean as his masterpiece. Ibsen is often ranked as one of the most distinguished playwrights in the European tradition. He is widely regarded as the foremost playwright of the nineteenth century. He influenced other playwrights and novelists such as George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, James Joyce, Eugene O'Neill, and Miroslav Krleža. Ibsen was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, 1903, and 1904. Ibsen wrote his plays in Danish (the common written language of Denmark and Norway during his lifetime) and they were published by the Danish publisher Gyldendal. Although most of his plays are set in Norway—often in places reminiscent of Skien, the port town where he grew up—Ibsen lived for 27 years in Italy and Germany, and rarely visited Norway during his most productive years. Born into a patrician merchant family, the intertwined Ibsen and Paus family, Ibsen shaped his dramas according to his family background and often modeled characters after family members. He was the father of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. Ibsen's dramas had a strong influence upon contemporary culture.
Wrote 112
2020s
- 2025
- 2023
Ghosts
Writer
Ett dockhem - från Dramaten
Theatre Play
Peer Gynt
Writer
- 2021
Enemy of the People
Writer
- 2020
The Master Builder
Writer
A Doll's House
Writer
2010s
- 2019
Peer Gynt
Theatre Play
- 2018
Doll's House
Story
- 2017
Gjengangere
Writer
National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
Theatre Play
- 2016
Hedda Gabler
Author
Hedda
Theatre Play
- 2015
Solness
Theatre Play
- 2014
Le Canard sauvage
Theatre Play
A Master Builder
Theatre Play
Ghosts
Writer
- 2013
Ein Volksfeind
Writer
Et dukkehjem
Theatre Play
- 2012
A Doll's House
Writer
Peer Gynt
Author
- 2010
Une maison de poupée
Theatre Play
2000s
- 2009
The Frost
Novel
- 2008
Aakasha Gopuram
Story
Peer Gynt from the Streets
Original Story
- 2006
Peer Gynt
Novel
- 2005
- 2004
Hedda Gabler
Theatre Play
Baumeister Solness
Writer
1990s
- 1993
Hedda Gabler
Theatre Play
Hedda Gabler
Writer
Sara
Theatre Play
- 1992
A Doll's House
Writer
The Adventures of Peer Gynt
Original Concept
- 1990
An Enemy of the People
Theatre Play
1980s
- 1989
Vildanden
Writer
Doctor Stockmann
Theatre Play
- 1988
Hedda Gabler
Theatre Play
The Master Builder
Writer
- 1987
Ghosts
Theatre Play
- 1985
- 1984
Rosmersholm
Theatre Play
Ibsen's Motif
Theatre Play
La donna del mare
Writer
The Wild Duck
Author
- 1982
Little Eyolf
Writer
John Gabriel Borkman
Writer
- 1981
Un enemigo del pueblo
Writer
- 1980
Hedda Gabler
Writer
An Enemy of the People
Author
The Master Builder
Writer
1970s
- 1979
The Lady from the Sea
Writer
Peer Gynt
Theatre Play
- 1978
An Enemy of the People
Author
- 1977
Ghosts
Writer
- 1976
The Wild Duck
Theatre Play
- 1975
Hedda
Theatre Play
Lady Inger of Ostrat
Theatre Play
- 1974
The Lady from the Sea
Writer
Nora Helmer
Author
- 1973
A Doll's House
Writer
- 1972
Peer Gynt
Writer
The Enemy of the People
Theatre Play
- 1971
Caso Especial
Original Story
The Wild Duck
Writer
- 1970
Ett Dockhem
Theatre Play
The Wild Duck
Writer
1960s
- 1968
Casa di bambola
Writer
Peer Gynt
Author
- 1967
Hedda Gabler
Writer
- 1966
An Enemy of the People
Theatre Play
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
The Wild Duck
Author
- 1962
Hedda Gabler
Author
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
A Doll's House
Original Story, Theatre Play
Brand
Writer
- 1958
The Master Builder
Theatre Play
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Writer
- 1954
A Doll's House
Screenplay
La dama del mar
Theatre Play
- 1953
The Lady from the Sea
Writer
1940s
- 1944
Nora
Novel
- 1943
Casa de muñecas
Theatre Play
- 1941
Peer Gynt
Writer
1930s
- 1937
An Enemy of the People
Theatre Play
- 1935
Pillars of Society
Theatre Play
1920s
- 1925
Hedda Gabler
Theatre Play
- 1922
A Doll's House
Theatre Play
1910s
- 1918
A Doll's House
Theatre Play
- 1917
A Doll's House
Theatre Play, Story
Hedda Gabler
Theatre Play
Her Sacrifice
Theatre Play
- 1916
Pillars of Society
Theatre Play
- 1915
Peer Gynt
Theatre Play
Ghosts
Theatre Play
Brandt
Theatre Play
Ghosts
Theatre Play
- 1911
The Lady from the Sea
Theatre Play
A Doll's House
Theatre Play
No release date
Other crew 1
1960s
- 1968
Peer Gynt
Poem
Appearances1
2000s
- 2009
Carl Størmer and his Detective Camera
Himself (archival footage)