Norway Cruise, 2-for-1 deal, $1,299 Oct 10, 2008
It's now a lively cultural centerthe hometown of notables like playwright Henrik Ibsen and musician Sondre Lerche. From Bergen, you'll catch your flight home. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen Sep 13, 2008
Henrik Ibsen s An Enemy of the People at The Connelly Theatre at 220 East 4th Street. Ibsen s Setup. (Suite101.com)
Luxe Travel: Port Wine in Portugal, Sultry St. Lucia Jul 23, 2008
Yes, the palatial Grand Hotel was a favorite of playwright Henrik Ibsen, and it has been frequented by heads of state and a collection of Nobel Peace Prize winners. Still, nothing will make a female traveler swoon like the Ladies Floor of this massive, circa 1874 Louis XVI-style building that dominates Oslo's main street. (Newsmax)
Reconfigured military draft Jul 13, 2008
Norwegian dramatist and poet Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) wrote: A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. We must serve militarily. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Festival 56 gears up for its fifth season Jun 14, 2008
In A Doll s House, Henrik Ibsen employs the themes and structures of classical tragedy while writing in prose about everyday, unexceptional people. A Doll s House also shows Ibsen s concern for women s rights, and for human rights in general. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
NIU announces '08-'09 theater season schedule Jun 12, 2008
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire is the story of two parents who mourn the loss of their child and try to find their way back to happiness, while the Henrik Ibsen classic, Pillars of the Community, chronicles the trials and tribulations of a corrupt businessman who faces scandal and the loss of everything if his plan to cheat his small Norwegian community is uncovered. The Ibsen play is rarely done in theatres and is one of only a few of his works that features redemption in its outcome. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Hedda the class May 2, 2008
Playwright Henrik Ibsen s formal portrait, hanging in front of velvet curtains, sprouts animated lips to deliver the usual announcements about cell phones and watch alarms, Jib-Jab style ... In the case of Henrik Ibsen s Hedda Gabler, domestic anguish leads to suicide. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Wilson's '20th Century': Legacy, poetry in motion Mar 31, 2008
But you don't have to be black or of a certain generation to empathize with Wilson's characters, any more than you need to be Scandinavian or a European history buff to appreciate Henrik Ibsen. Like most great artists who value truth, Wilson, who died of cancer in 2005, found pain and beauty in life's contradictions, and he embraced them with a lack of cynicism. (USA Today -- Life)
Off-Broadway shows offer quite a collection of quirky families Feb 15, 2008
The Guthrie Theater presents a new translation of the Henrik Ibsen classic, by poet Robert Bly. At the Guthrie's Wurtele Thrust Stage in Minneapolis through March 2. (USA Today -- Life)
Palo Alto protests 'unachievable' housing goals Dec 12, 2007
The great Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, wrote, "One of these days, the younger generation will come knocking at my door.". The future is knocking at our door right now. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Movies inspire recommendations for gift books Dec 8, 2007
However, it would help that before all of the Bay Area treks to Ashland next summer to see what this favorite son has written, read the original play, Hedda Gabbler, by Henrik Ibsen. I m looking forward to the contrast between the two plays and to how Whitty has used Hedda to comment on today. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Adam Kelly - Dancing Cock Brother Dec 2, 2007
Montreal Actor on His Zany Comedy Quartet and His Love for the Bard. Adam Kelly on the Excellent Adventures of The Dancing Cock Brothers at The Montreal and Toronto Sketch Comedy Fests, and The Bard. (Suite101.com)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: Music Men to perform holiday concert Nov 20, 2007
ESCONDIDO -- Patio Playhouse will hold auditions for "Hedda Gabler," a drama by Henrik Ibsen, at 7 p.m. Dec. 8 and 9 at the theater, 201 E. Grand Ave., Suite 1-D. No appointment is required. Auditions will be cold readings from the script. (North County Times)
Longer the name, shorter the space Oct 5, 2007
So what if Norwegians confuse him with their 19th century dramatist Henrik Ibsen who wrote grim plays like A Dolls House and An Enemy of the People and whose characters suffered not just from financial constraints but depression. Perhaps it was as an antidote to this that childrens author Jane Yolen wrote a book called The Longest Name on the Block where a mother would use her sons full name when she called him for dinner even if it was Timothy Michael Karl Emmanuel Sanford Reginald... (India Times)
There's a revolution brewing in The Hills Sep 29, 2007
The quest for naturalism in the illusion that is drama goes back at least to the 19th century when playwrights such as Henrik Ibsen and Bernard Shaw introduced bourgeois settings and contemporary social issues to theatre. These plays required a less bombastic and speechifying performance style than the aristocratic tragedies and overblown melodramas that preceded them, and the search for realistic acting began. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
We all live in an Antonioni world Aug 3, 2007
Bergman was theater - a descendant of August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen. Antonioni was, is pure cinema: image, landscapes - much more crucial than any dejected characters. (Asia Times Online)
A director's director Jul 31, 2007
He shared the Scandinavian legacy of spiritual anguish with playwrights August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen, painter Edvard Munch and filmmakers such as Carl Theodor Dreyer. He was also the product of a particular post-Second World War historic spiritual crisis, reflected in the works of Albert Camus and Samuel Beckett. (Globe and Mail)
Post a comment Jul 31, 2007
He is closely allied to the Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, in his capacity to remove all the veils of secrecy in which the modern Scandinavian shrouds his or her feelings. The relentless close-ups and long silences said more about the character of Swedes than any number of books on sociology and philosophy. (International Herald Tribune)
Today in History Jul 27, 2007
Thought for Today: "A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm." Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist and poet (1828-1906). RECOMMEND THIS STORY. (Yahoo News)
Armchair Cinephile Jul 25, 2007
The Henrik Ibsen Collection (BBC): Best friend to lazy Literature majors everywhere, the BBC returns with another of their top-shelf author-themed box sets. This one offers Ingrid Bergman in Hedda Gabler, Anthony Hopkins in Little Eyolf, and enough Denches and Gambons to round out six full discs. (San Antonio Current, TX)
Two Canadian theater festivals underway Jun 22, 2007
As much a story of a love triangle as it is a social commentary on playwright Henrik Ibsen and feminism, the show explores a romantic battle of the sexes. Summer and Smoke. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Today In History - May 23, 2007 May 23, 2007
In 1906, Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen died in Christiania, Norway, at age 78. In 1937, industrialist John D. Rockefeller died in Ormond Beach, Florida. (CBS 11, TX)
Actors have their way with Philanderer May 16, 2007
Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen had profoundly affected Shaw with his depiction of female Victorian repression in such plays as A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler. In London's intellectual circles, Ibsenism propelled people to debate how the role of women should be defined in a modern era. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
* Events & Entertainment May 11, 2007
Performed by Tellus Theater, the play was written in 1879 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and is a harsh criticism of Victorian marital life. Lien Te Vegetarian Restaurant (w~a), B1, 82 Ningpo W St, Taipei (x_i82B1). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Budget break to Oslo? Apr 29, 2007
As the 100th anniversary of playwright Henrik Ibsen draws near, Oslo is celebrating with a diverse programme dedicated to the city's most treasured realist, as Gwladys Fouch reports. January 17 2002. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Trailing Bob Dylan Feb 27, 2007
That's my secret hope: that I could somehow turn into the playwright Henrik Ibsen. There are things happening all the time to real people. (Time.com)
He's Hooked Feb 11, 2007
HE'S HOOKED - Pagesix - New York Post Online Edition. Sunday, February 11, 2007 Last Update: 10:10 AM EST. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Hot Property Feb 11, 2007
Sunday, February 11, 2007 Last Update: 10:10 AM EST. NEW BIO A DISS FROM ANNA'S SIS. (New York Post -- Gossip)
In standing up for truth, Hrant Dink isn't alone Feb 5, 2007
Of a character in Dink's position, Henrik Ibsen has written, "The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone." Raised in an Istanbul orphanage, almost trained for the lonely task of bringing truth to power in Turkey, Dink often stood alone outside Turkey. When I first saw Dink in November 2006 at a lecture in Los Angeles a great outpost of the Armenian diaspora he was chatting his way politely through a crowd of Armenians. (Christian Science Monitor)
A giant of the avant-garde stoops to conquer Jan 25, 2007
"Breuer, a co-founder of the enduring American experimental theatre collective Mabou Mines, is talking about a trio of dwarves and a couple of giants. The giants are figurative ones: towering men of the theatre, Henrik Ibsen and William Shakespeare. The dwarves are -- actually, they're dwarves, three little men in Breuer's acclaimed adaptatin of Ibsen's A Doll's House, which arrived in Toronto last night for a two-week stay during Harbourfront's World Stage Festival. And the thefts? Well, that's... (Globe and Mail)
Maj-Britt Nilsson, 82; starred in early Bergman films Jan 23, 2007
In later years, she was known for her passionate defense of comedy, saying that Neil Simon was as hard to play as Henrik Ibsen. Ms. Nilsson attracted international attention for her Bergman work, but worked only sporadically onscreen and mostly in Swedish productions. (Boston Globe)
Sam Marlowe at The Gate, W11 Jan 15, 2007
The unhappy home in which Henrik Ibsen s drama unfolds is part haunted house, part elegant prison. Anna Mackmin s grippingly grotesque production of Amelia Bullmore s new version of the play allows us to peep through rain-streaked windows at the horrors within. (Times Online)
