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Hedda

Written by

Lucy Kirkwood

and

Henrik Ibsen

Adapted by

Lucy Kirkwood

From an original work by

Henrik Ibsen

~playauthor~Written by~ Lucy Kirkwood , Henrik Ibsen ~playauthor~Adapted by~ Lucy Kirkwood ~playauthor~From an original work by~ Henrik Ibsen

Nick Hern Books, 2008

Playtext

Acts: 4, Roles: Total (7), Female (4), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

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Summary
...Lucy Kirkwood's version of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler relocates his nineteenth-century heroine to 21st-century Notting Hill. It was first performed at the Gate Theatre, London, on 21 August 2008. Hedda, still mourning...

The Lady from the Sea

Written by

Henrik Ibsen

and

Elinor Cook

From an original work by

Henrik Ibsen

Translated by

Elinor Cook

~playauthor~Written by~ Henrik Ibsen , Elinor Cook ~playauthor~From an original work by~ Henrik Ibsen ~playauthor~Translated by~ Elinor Cook

Nick Hern Books, 2017

NHB Classic Plays

Playtext

Acts: 5, Roles: Total (8), Female (3), Male (5), Unassigned (0)

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...Elinor Cook's version of The Lady from the Sea relocates the action of Henrik Ibsen's 1888 play from 19th-century Norway to a Caribbean island in the 1950s. The play was first performed at the Donmar Warehouse, London, on 18 October 2017...

Mrs Affleck

Written by

Samuel Adamson

and

Henrik Ibsen

From an original work by

Henrik Ibsen

~playauthor~Written by~ Samuel Adamson , Henrik Ibsen ~playauthor~From an original work by~ Henrik Ibsen

Faber and Faber, 2009

Faber Drama

Playtext

Acts: 3, Roles: Total (11), Female (4), Male (5), Unassigned (2)

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... every last undiluted drop of you. Taking Ibsen's Little Eyolf as the inspiration for a passionate and tragic tale of obsessive love, set in 1950s England, Samuel Adamson's Mrs Affleck opened at the National Theatre, London, in January 2009....

Nora: A Doll’s House  

Written by

Stef Smith

and

Henrik Ibsen

From an original work by

Henrik Ibsen

~playauthor~Written by~ Stef Smith , Henrik Ibsen ~playauthor~From an original work by~ Henrik Ibsen

Nick Hern Books, 2019

NHB Modern Plays

Playtext

Scenes: 3, Roles: Total (15), Female (6), Male (9), Unassigned (0)

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... life rapidly unravels. Over the course of three days, Nora must fight to protect herself and her family or risk losing everything. Henrik Ibsen's brutal portrayal of womanhood caused outrage when it was first performed in 1879. This bold new...

(the fall of) The Master Builder  

Written by

Zinnie Harris

and

Henrik Ibsen

From an original work by

Henrik Ibsen

~playauthor~Written by~ Zinnie Harris , Henrik Ibsen ~playauthor~From an original work by~ Henrik Ibsen

Faber and Faber, 2017

Faber Drama

Playtext

Acts: 3, Scenes: 7, Roles: Total (7), Female (3), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

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... to open his new building tomorrow. Then a knock at the door propels Solness’ past into everyone’s future. The only way is down. Zinnie Harris’s contemporary take on Henrik Ibsen’s classic, The Master Builder, premiered at West Yorkshire Playhouse in September 2017....

Hedda Gabler

Henrik Ibsen

and

BBC Video

Video

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... Henrik Ibsen; Producer: Simon Curtis. Starring: Fiona Shaw (Mind Games), Brid Brennan, Donal McCann (The Serpent's Kiss), Stephen Rea (The Crying Game), Nicholas Woodeson (The Avengers). Distributed under licence from Educational Publishers LLP...

An Enemy of the People

Written by

Henrik Ibsen

and

Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Translated by

Rebecca Lenkiewicz

~playauthor~Written by~ Henrik Ibsen , Rebecca Lenkiewicz ~playauthor~Translated by~ Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Faber and Faber, 2008

Faber Drama

Playtext

Acts: 5, Roles: Total (10), Female (2), Male (8), Unassigned (0)

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...Power. Money. Morality. In a tight knit community a shocking discovery comes to light and threatens the lifeblood of the town. Truth and honour are pitched against wild ambition and corruption in Ibsen's emotional maelstrom. Rebecca Lenkiewicz's version of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London in April 2008....

The Lady from the Sea

Written by

Henrik Ibsen

and

Frank McGuinness

Translated by

Frank McGuinness

~playauthor~Written by~ Henrik Ibsen , Frank McGuinness ~playauthor~Translated by~ Frank McGuinness

Faber and Faber, 2008

Faber Drama

Playtext

Acts: 5, Roles: Total (8), Female (3), Male (5), Unassigned (0)

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Summary
... the past and a desire for freedom that could destroy her. Frank McGuinness's version of Henrik Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London, in April 2008....

Ghosts  

Written by

David Watson

and

Henrik Ibsen

Adapted by

David Watson

~playauthor~Written by~ David Watson , Henrik Ibsen ~playauthor~Adapted by~ David Watson

Faber and Faber, 2016

Faber Drama

Playtext

Acts: 3, Roles: Total (5), Female (2), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

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... for his father's past. Some legacies are impossible to escape. Some ghosts can never be laid to rest. David Watson's adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts opened at the Home Theatre, Manchester, in November 2016....

A Doll’s House

Henrik Ibsen

and

BBC Video

Video

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...Henrik Ibsen struck an early blow for feminism in 1879 with this liberated tale of a wife who rebels. Juliet Stevenson plays Nora who finally revolts against her husband's perception of her as a doll-wife whose opinions count for nothing....