Nórdica ha sido elegida para ser la editorial española del Proyecto Ibsen, un ambicioso plan del Ministerio de Cultura de Noruega para volver a traducir la totalidad del teatro de Ibsen por parte de los mejores expertos de cada pais. El volumen que ahora presentamos es el resultado de ocho años de trabajo de la traductora y reune las ocho obras mas importantes del teatro del genio noruego. En su epoca, sus obras fueron consideradas escandalosas por una sociedad dominada por los valores victorianos, al cuestionar el modelo dominante de familia y de sociedad. No han perdido vigencia y es uno de los autores no contemporaneos mas representados en la actualidad. Ibsen influyo en otros autores de su tiempo como en los entonces jovenes Strindberg y Chejov.
This dark psychological drama depicts the evil machinations of a ruthless, nihilistic heroine. Readers will discover an exploration of the nature of evil and the tragedy that lies in human frailty.
When the famous and financially successful baths in his home town are contaminated, the local doctor insists they be shut down for expensive repairs, causing upheaval among the townsfolk.
Ibsen's best-known play displays his genius for realistic prose drama. An expression of women's rights, the play climaxes when the central character, Nora, rejects a smothering marriage and life in "
Powerful psychological drama (1881) exposes hypocrisy of social conventions. Mrs. Helen Alving is haunted by her husband's infidelities and the disease he has passed to their son.
One of the Norwegian playwright's most mysterious, symbolic, and lyrical dramas explores the life of architect Halvard Solness, once ruthlessly ambitious, but who, in his later years, not only feels threatened by the younger generation but also fears the decay of his own creativity. A tragic end for one of the most fascinating characters in modern drama.
Amb Solness, el constructor, Ibsen inicia la darrera etapa de la seva obra, que ha estat considerada com un epíleg perquè presenta subtils però significatives diferències en relació amb la producció anterior. Solness explica vint-i-quatre hores...
This volume contains Ibsen's two most famous and frequently read, studied and performed plays about women, A Doll's House (1879), his first international success, which 'exploded like a bomb into contemporary life', and Hedda Gabler (1890), now one of his most popular plays. Also included is An Enemy of the People (1883), whose central character was the actor Konstantin Stanislavski's favourite role. This volume contains Ibsen's two most famous plays about women: A Doll's House (1879), his first international success, which "exploded like a bomb into contemporary life," and Hedda Gabler (1890), now one of his most popular plays, but greeted at first with bewilderment and outrage ("The play is simply a bad escape of moral sewage-gas."-Pictorial World). Also included is An Enemy of the People (1882), whose central character was Stanislavsky's favorite role. "Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic center of Ibsen's genius, have beaten academic versions from the field."-George Steiner "Crisp and cobweb-free, purged of verbal Victoriana."-Kenneth Tynan Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is generally regarded as the father of modern theatre: "His influence on contemporaries and following generations, whether directly or indirectly ... can hardly be overestimated."-John Russell Taylor
