Peer Gynt

by Henrik Ibsen

Overview

The epic story of Peer's quest for the meaning of life as he staggers from the fjords of Norway to the deserts of Africa and back.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780816609154
Publisher:	University of Minnesota Press
Publication date:	12/26/1980
Series:	The Nordic Series , #2
Edition description:	2
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Henrik Ibsen was born in 1828 in the small Norwegian town of Skien. During a 27-year, self-imposed exile in Italy and Germany, he wrote his best-known plays, returning to Norway in 1891 as a celebrated author. He died in 1906.

Gerry Bamman and Irene B. Berman's translations of Ibsen's Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler, A Doll House, The Master Builder, and The Wild Duck have been produced by Hartford Stage Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Center and Arena Stage.