Peer Gynt

Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price Henrik Ibsen's mighty epic, by turns fantastic and tragic, based on the Norwegian fairy tale Per Gynt. Ibsen's play, his last to be written in verse, follows the poet and braggart Peer Gynt as, fleeing disgrace, he swaggers and seduces his way from the fjords of Norway to the deserts of Africa and back. Peer Gynt was originally published in 1867, and first performed in Christiania (Oslo) in 1876. This English version, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish.

Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price Henrik Ibsen's mighty epic, by turns fantastic and tragic, based on the Norwegian fairy tale Per Gynt. Ibsen's play, his last to be written in verse, follows the poet and braggart Peer Gynt as, fleeing disgrace, he swaggers and seduces his way from the fjords of Norway to the deserts of Africa and back. Peer Gynt was originally published in 1867, and first performed in Christiania (Oslo) in 1876. This English version, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish.

Peer Gynt was Ibsen's last work to use poetry as a medium of dramatic expression, and the poetry is brilliantly appropriate to the imaginative swings between Scandinavian oral folk traditions, the Morrocan coast, the Sahara Desert, and the absurdist images of the Cairo madhouse. This translation is taken from the acclaimed Oxford Ibsen. John McFarlane is Emeritus Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia, and General Editor of the Oxford Ibsen. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Peer Gynt was Ibsen's last work to use poetry as a medium of dramatic expression, and the poetry is brilliantly appropriate to the imaginative swings between Scandinavian oral folk traditions, the Morrocan coast, the Sahara Desert, and the absurdist images of the Cairo madhouse. This translation is taken from the acclaimed Oxford Ibsen. John McFarlane is Emeritus Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia, and General Editor of the Oxford Ibsen. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Peer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. Written in the Dano-Norwegian language, it is the most widely performed Norwegian play. Peer Gynt has also been described as the story of a life based on procrastination and avoidance.Peer Gynt was first performed in Christiania (now Oslo) on 24 February 1876, with original music composed by Edvard Grieg, which includes some of today's most recognized classical pieces, In the Hall of the Mountain King and Morning Mood.

Peer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. Written in the Dano-Norwegian language, it is the most widely performed Norwegian play. Peer Gynt has also been described as the story of a life based on procrastination and avoidance.Peer Gynt was first performed in Christiania (now Oslo) on 24 February 1876, with original music composed by Edvard Grieg, which includes some of today's most recognized classical pieces, In the Hall of the Mountain King and Morning Mood.

Den norske dramatiker Henrik Ibsens (1828-1906) monumentale digterværk Peer Gynt fra 1867 er i en vis forstand en kolos på letbenede versefødder. Et vildt og stærkt epos, der indimellem løber løbsk, som knopskyder i alle mulige og umulige retninger, ja, som faktisk sine steder – ikke mindst i 4. handling – bliver decideret syret og efterlader sin læser lettere stakåndet og perpleks. Inde bag de mange kunstfærdige lag, der i nogen grad griber tilbage til gammelt sagnstof befolket af trolde, nisser, elverfolk og andre overnaturlige væsner, gemmer sig et psykologisk drama, der gentager evigt aktuelle temaer. Selv om vi slet ikke får hele forhistorien om Peers tidlige barndom, har vi nok til at sammenfatte, at Peers far, Jon Gynt, har svigtet sin kone og sit barn og formøblet familiens formue på svir, overilede investeringer og ekstravagant ødselhed. Da pengene er brugt op, forlader faren sin kone og sit barn, og med faldet ned i fattigdommen og den sociale elendighed forsvinder alle andre notabiliteter og venner af huset ligeledes. Peer og Åse isoleres fra omverdenen, og moren, fornemmer man i stykkets første handling, forsøger at kompensere for faldet gennem en flugt ind i det fantastiske og eventyragtige. Al den tabte storhed projiceres over i sønnen gennem historier om helte og trolde, som den af sin far forladte dreng grådigt søger tilflugt i. Disse grandiose og groteske karakterer fra Åses fortællinger bliver drengens nye identifikationsfigurer, og sammen med den uheldsvangre mor-søn-symbiose lægges her grunden til Peers desintegrerede, splittede selv, hans narcissisme og løbskløbende megalomani, hans afmagt og fortabelse. Det stof er der kommet stor kunst ud af. Henrik Ibsens folkelige hovedværk, versdramaet ’Peer Gynt’ (1867), er baseret på Asbjørnsens norske eventyr. Det var ikke oprindeligt tænkt til opsætning på scenen, og først i 1876 blev stykket uropført, med Edvard Griegs scenemusik, fordelt på 23 stykker. I dag har stykket fået klassikerstatus som en særlig nordisk Faustfortælling, hvor myter og folklore forenes med Ibsens eksistentielle tema om at finde sig selv. Denne fulde oversættelse af Peer Gynt, ved Søren R. Fauth, danner også grundlag for Det Kongelige Teaters opsætning i 2025 i en bearbejdet version.

”Peer Gynt” er et dramatisk digt af Henrik Ibsen, der er baseret på et norsk folkesagn om den letsindige og uansvarlige Peer, der drømmer sig gennem livet og undgår alle personlige og individuelle valg. Digtet blev udgivet første gang i 1867 og i 1876 uropført på Christiania Theater med musik af Edvard Grieg.Den norske dramatiker og digter Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) er én af de vigtigste forfattere i Det Moderne Gennembrud og regnes som grundlæggeren af det moderne drama med skuespil, der sætter den menneskelige psykologi i centrum og kredser om den fortid, det er så umuligt at flygte fra. Ibsen er verdensberømt for skuespil som ”Et dukkehjem”, ”Peer Gynt” og ”Hedda Gabler”, men producerede i alt over tyve dramaer, der stadig opføres på teatre over hele verden.