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Re:Henrik Ibsen invented realistic theater, and now he bores... by chungleong on Sunday April 28, 2019 @11:20AM (#19771554)
Have you read or seen the Wild Duck? I think it's much superior to Ibsen's better known plays.
Re:Henrik Ibsen invented realistic theater, and now he bores... by highesttide on Sunday April 28, 2019 @12:42PM (#19772095)
As in Norwegian, I have to ask... is Vildanden (the wild duck) not one of his most known/iconic plays outside of Norway? I would say it's easily one of the three defining plays people would know about over here, so it confuses me to see it mentioned like this.
Re:Henrik Ibsen invented realistic theater, and now he bores... by chungleong on Sunday April 28, 2019 @01:12PM (#19772280)
My impression is that a Doll's House and Ghosts are much better known in the English speaking world. Enemy of the People too--probably because of the punchy title.
Re:Henrik Ibsen invented realistic theater, and now he bores... by highesttide on Sunday April 28, 2019 @01:43PM (#19772472)
Interesting, over here I would say et Dukkehjem (a doll's house), Vildanden (the wild duck), and Peer Gynt are his most known works, probably not-very-closely followed by en folkefiende (Enemy of the people). Fascinating.
Re:Henrik Ibsen invented realistic theater, and now he bores... by chungleong on Sunday April 28, 2019 @02:47PM (#19772872)
The message of the Wild Duck is sort of unpopular. If we could somehow stage the play on HN, it'd probably get massively downvoted :-)