Henrik Ibsen
1) Hedda Gabler
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A theatrical drama about an aristocratic and spiritually hollow woman who causes her own tragic demise through her feelings of anger and jealousy toward a former schoolmate and her ruthless manipulation of her husband.
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"Before Ibsen, tragedies examined the lives of the aristocracy and upper classes, but A Doll's House was the first serious play to be written in prose about ordinary people in everyday situations. The plot revolves around Nora Helmer who is married to Torvald, an ambitious banker. Initially, the couple seem ideally matched, but as a consequence of blackmail Nora is forced to re-examine her life along with her role as a frivolous, scatter-brained wife."--p....
4) A Doll House
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Nora Helmer has everything a young housewife could want: beautiful children, an adoring husband, and a bright future. But when a carelessly buried secret rises from the past, Nora’s well-calibrated domestic ideal starts to crumble. Ibsen’s play is as fresh today as it was when it first stormed the stages of 19th-century Europe.
Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at the James Bridges Theater, UCLA in September, 2011.
Director: Rosalind...
5) Peer Gynt
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Traces the roguish life of Peer Gynt, who finds wealth and fame--but not happiness--during his travels.
6) Ghosts
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Mrs. Alving confronts the ghosts of her unhappy marriage to a philandering husband when she is made to dedicate an orphanage in his name and her son falls in love with a housemaid who is actually his half-sister.
15) A master builder
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A visionary yet tyrannical middle-aged architect is haunted by figures from his past.