Description for Master Builder
paperback. The most gripping of Ibsen's later, brooding self-portraits, The Master Builder explores the nature of a messianic hero pulled down from the heights to reside in the community of men, and now painfully laboring to drag himself up again. Plays for Performance Series. Translator(s): Rudall, Nicholas. Series: Plays for Performance. Num Pages: 113 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
The most gripping of Ibsen’s later, brooding self-portraits, The Master Builder explores the nature of a messianic hero pulled down from the heights to reside in the community of men, and now painfully laboring to drag himself up again. Thanks to Mr. Rudall’s fresh translation, the language of the play is no longer archaic or Victorian.
The most gripping of Ibsen’s later, brooding self-portraits, The Master Builder explores the nature of a messianic hero pulled down from the heights to reside in the community of men, and now painfully laboring to drag himself up again. Thanks to Mr. Rudall’s fresh translation, the language of the play is no longer archaic or Victorian.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
113
Condition
New
Series
Plays for Performance
Number of Pages
113
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566630429
SKU
V9781566630429
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Henrik Ibsen
The Plays for Performance series is edited by Nicholas Rudall, former artistic director of the Court Theatre at the University of Chicago where he is professor of classics, and Bernard Sahlins, founder and director of the Second City. They both live in Chicago, Illinois.
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