Henrik Ibsen

'I think I'm a human being before anything else. I don't care what other people say. I don't care what people write in books. I need to think for myself.' Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House premiered in 1879 in Copenhagen, the second in a series of realist plays by Ibsen, and immediately provoked controversy with its apparently feminist message and exposure of the hypocrisy of Victorian middle-class marriage. In Ibsen's play, Nora Helmer has secretly (and deceptively) borrowed a large sum of money to pay for her husband, Torvald, to recover from illness on a sabbatical in Italy. Torvald's perception of Nora is of a silly, naive spendthrift, so it is only when the truth begins to emerge, and Torvald appreciates the initiative behind his wife, that unmendable cracks appear in their marriage. This compelling new version of Ibsen's masterpiece by playwright Simon Stephens premiered at the Young Vic Theatre, London, on 29 June 2012. It was updated with minor changes in 2013.

Et Dukkehjem (A Doll's House) is, quite simply, the most performed play in history. It is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen which critically deals with the suffocating norms of a 19th century marriage. However the theme goes beyond this and is far more universal, namely how can each and every individual find out exactly who they are. Here Ibsen's original text is presented side-by-side with Robert Farquharson Sharp's translation.

Brand is a verse tragedy, written in 1865 and first performed in Stockholm on 24 March 1867. Since its very first performance it has provoked much discussion and original thought. Brand is a priest who wants to take consequence of his choices, and is therefore deeply bound to doing the "right thing". He believes primarily in the will of man, and lives by the device "all or nothing". To make compromises is therefore difficult, or by his moral standards questionable at best. Brand is arguably a young idealist with a main purpose: to save the world, or at least Man's soul. His visions are great, but his judgement of others may seem harsh and unfair.

Olaf Liljekrans; Le tumulus: drames historiques en vers et en prose / Henrik Ibsen; traduit du norvegien par le vicomte de Colleville et F. de Zepelin; preface des traducteursDate de l'edition originale: 1904Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF. Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique. En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles. Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction. Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr

Et Dukkehjem (A Doll's House) is, quite simply, the most performed play in history. It is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen which critically deals with the suffocating norms of a 19th century marriage. However the theme goes beyond this and is far more universal, namely how can each and every individual find out exactly who they are.