Henrik Ibsen

Hedda Gabler and Other Plays

  • Hedda Gabler and Other Plays

    • Henrik Ibsen

    • Deborah Dawkin (Translator)

    • Erik Skuggevik (Translator)

    Four of Ibsen's most important plays in superb modern translations, part of the new Penguin Ibsen series.

    In these four unforgettably intense plays, Henrik Ibsen explores the complex nature of truth, the tension between freedom and responsibility, and the terrible pull that the past exerts over the present. In The Wild Duck, an idealist destroys a family by exposing the lie behind his friend's marriage. In Rosmersholm, a respectable man is driven to extremes by guilt over his wife's death, while in The Lady from the Sea a woman is caught between her family and the enticement of the wild sea. And in Hedda Gabler, one of Ibsen's most famous and vivid anti-heroines struggles to break free from the conventional life she has created for herself, with tragic results.

    The new Penguin series of Ibsen's major plays offer the best available editions in English, under the general editorship of Tore Rem. The plays have been freshly translated by the best modern translators and are based on the recently published, definitive Norwegian edition of Ibsen's works. They all include new introductions and editorial apparatus by leading scholars.

    Vol. 1: Peer Gynt and Brand
    Vol. 2: A Doll's House and Other Plays
    Vol. 3: Hedda Gabler and Other Plays
    Vol. 4: The Master Builder and Other Plays

Peer Gynt and Brand
Peer Gynt and Brand
Henrik Ibsen
A Doll's House and Other Plays
A Doll's House and Other Plays
Henrik Ibsen
The Master Builder and Other Plays
The Master Builder and Other Plays
Henrik Ibsen
The Master Builder and Other Plays
The Master Builder and Other Plays
Henrik Ibsen
Ghosts, A Public Enemy, When We Dead Wake
Ghosts, A Public Enemy, When We Dead Wake
Henrik Ibsen
Hedda Gabler and Other Plays
Hedda Gabler and Other Plays
Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is often called 'the Father of Modern Drama'. Born in Norway, he left his homeland in 1864 for a 21-year long voluntary exile in Italy and Germany. After successes with the verse dramas Brand and Peer Gynt, he turned to prose, writing his great 12-play cycle of society dramas between 1877 and 1899. This included A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, and, finally, When We Dead Awaken.