Description for Peer Gynt
Paperback. The epic story of Peer's quest for the meaning of life as he staggers from the fjords of Norway to the deserts of Africa and back. Written in 1876. Translator(s): McLeish, Kenneth. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 107 x 13. Weight in Grams: 116.
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 ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
Drama Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
130
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854594358
SKU
V9781854594358
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. His plays include: Brand, Peer Gynt, A Doll’s House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, Hedda Gabler, Rosmersholm, The Master Builder, Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman and When We Dead Awaken. Kenneth McLeish was the most widely respected and prolific translator of drama in Britain and, until his ... Read more
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