Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Ghosts

Henrik Ibsen

3.81/5 (13814 ratings)

Read Now Download Now

Written in 1881, when melodrama and farce were still at their peak of popularity, Ibsen’s Ghosts is a three-act tragedy that explores uncomfortable, even forbidden themes. It is also a highly critical commentary on the morality of the day. The play centers around the widow of a prominent Norwegian sea captain whose son returns home and, with tragic consequences, revives the ghosts of the past that she has long labored to put to rest.

Ghosts immediately became a source of controversy for its inclusion of topics like venereal disease, incest, and euthanasia, and it was banned from being performed in England for many years. Its arrival signals a shift in the nature of theatre and, despite negative criticism, it was translated into other languages and performed in Sweden, Germany, and New York within a few years of its debut. It stands now as one of the works considered to have ushered in the era of modern drama.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 48 pages

Publication:: 2007

Publisher:: Neeland Media

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1420927957

ISBN13:: 9781420927955

kindle Asin:: B00PI36OCC

Ghosts

Henrik Ibsen

3.81/5 (13814 ratings)

Read Download

Written in 1881, when melodrama and farce were still at their peak of popularity, Ibsen’s Ghosts is a three-act tragedy that explores uncomfortable, even forbidden themes. It is also a highly critical commentary on the morality of the day. The play centers around the widow of a prominent Norwegian sea captain whose son returns home and, with tragic consequences, revives the ghosts of the past that she has long labored to put to rest.

Ghosts immediately became a source of controversy for its inclusion of topics like venereal disease, incest, and euthanasia, and it was banned from being performed in England for many years. Its arrival signals a shift in the nature of theatre and, despite negative criticism, it was translated into other languages and performed in Sweden, Germany, and New York within a few years of its debut. It stands now as one of the works considered to have ushered in the era of modern drama.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 48 pages

Publication:: 2007

Publisher:: Neeland Media

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1420927957

ISBN13:: 9781420927955

kindle Asin:: B00PI36OCC

More Books

Miss Julie

August Strindberg

The Father

August Strindberg

Nokon kjem til å komme

Jon Fosse

Visoška kronika

Ivan Tavčar

The Seagull

Anton Chekhov

Albertine (1886)

Christian Krohg

Erasmus Montanus or Rasmus Berg

Ludvig Holberg

Amtmannens døtre

Camilla Collett

The Three Sisters

Anton Chekhov

Av måneskinn gror det ingenting

Torborg Nedreaas

A Dream Play

August Strindberg

Salomé

Oscar Wilde