Ibsen's early plays alternate between poetic romances and historical dramas, often of a nationalist flavour. Certainly we don't get more stereotypically Norwegian than a play about Vikings, the subject of Ibsen's third play based on the national history of his country, and his seventh play in total.

Peer Gynt is one of my all time favourite plays. I just plucked it off a library shelf, read it and realised it was amazing from start to finish. Therefore I decided I must be a big Ibsen fan, despite the fact I hadn't read (or seen performed) any of his other works. So I tried Brand and liked it, b

Oh, I loved this one. Was soooooo close to a 5 star but fell just a tad short in the end (view spoiler)[ "fell" short... what a groaner! (hide spoiler)].

I found this a compelling story of family, one with attempt of reuniting, but with secrets in the past things start to unravel to lots of drama, tragedy and the battle of wills

Das erste Mal, dass ich einen frühen Ibsen lese. Gelesen, weil ich es am Nationaltheater in Oslo auf Norwegisch sehen werde. Entstanden, bevor Ibsen sich zum sozialkritischen Realisten gewandelt hat. Sehr melodramatisch und nationalromantisch (das Stück spielt in der Wikingerzeit), und äusserst span

Konflikt og intriger i en overbevisende sagaverden. Hurra! Hvorfor lager ingen en slags "spaghetti western" av denne? Stykket begynner med en duell mellom to tilsynelatende fremmede, men det viser seg å være svigerfag og svigersønn. Svigerfar kommer til Norge fra Island for ærens skyld, da han har b

یک تراژدی عاشقانه بسیار زیبا با ترجمه ای روان و خوب. یک روایت کهن نروژی که به خوبی در قالب نمایش نشسته.

this was such a pleasure to read: very cinematographical. And I just loved Hjørdis.