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Four Major Plays
A Doll House, the Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, the Master Builder
by Henrik Ibsen
ISBN: 0451524063
ISBN-13: 9780451524065
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: New Amer Library Classics
Published date: 1989
Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches
Weight: 0.4 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Among the greatest and best known of Ibsen's works, these four plays--A Doll's House, The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder--brilliantly embody his landmark contributions to the theater. Rich in symbolism and often autobiographical, each work deals convincingly with the human emotions of greed, fear, and sexual hostility, and confronts the external conflicts between reality and illusion.
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In her long-awaited book, the legendary acting teacher Stella Adler gives us her extraordinary insights into the work of Henrik Ibsen ("The crea-tion of the modern theater took a genius like Ibsen...Miller and Odets, Inge and O'Neill, Williams and Shaw, swallowed the whole of him"), August Strindberg ("He understood and predicted the forces that would break in our lives"), and Anton Chekhov ("Chekhov doesn't want a play, he wants what happens in life. In life, people don't usually kill each other. They talk").Through the plays of these masters, Adler discusses the arts of playwriting and script interpretation ("There are two aspects of the theater. One belongs to the author and the other to the actor. The actor thinks it all belongs to the author...The curtain goes up and all he knows are the lines...It is not enough...Script interpretation is your profession").She looks into aspects of society and class, and into our cultural past, as well as the evolution of the modern spirit ("The actor learns from Ibsen what is modern in the modern theater. There are no villains, no heroes. Ibsen understands, more than anything, there is more than one truth").Stella Adler--daughter of Jacob Adler, who was universally acknowledged to be the greatest actor of the Yiddish theater, and herself a disciple of Stanislavsky--examines the role of the actor and brings to life the plays from which all modern theater derives: Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, An Enemy of the People, and A Doll's House; Strindberg's Miss Julie and The Father; Chekhov's The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, and Three Sisters ("Masha is the sister who is the mystery. You cannot reach her. You cannot reach the artist. There is no logical way. Keep her in a special pocket of feelings that are complex and different"). Adler discusses the ideas behind these plays and explores the world of the playwrights and the history--both familial and cultural--that informed their work. She illumines not only the dramatic essence of each play but its subtext as well, continually asking questions that deepen one's understanding of the work and of the human spirit. Adler's book, brilliantly edited by Barry Paris, puts her famous lectures into print for the first time.
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four major plays - volume I
ibsen, henrik
Mass Market. Signet Classic 1992. Includes A Doll House, The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, and The Master Builder. All books in VG or better condition. ( more information)
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FOUR MAJOR PLAYS: VOLUME I
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Four Major Plays: A Doll House, the Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, the Master Builder
Ibsen, Henrik
U.S.A.: Signet Classic, 1989. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. ABOUT THE BOOK Ibsen, Four Major Plays: A Doll's House, The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, and The Master Builder, Vol. 1 FROM THE PUBLISHER Among the greatest and best known of Ibsen's works, these four plays -- A Doll's House, The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder -- brilliantly embody his landmark contributions to the theater. Rich in symbolism and often autobiographical, each work deals convincingly with the human emotions of greed, fear, and sexual hostility, and confronts the external conflicts between reality and illusion. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ( more information)
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Four Major Plays: Volume 1
Ibsen, Henrik
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FOUR MAJOR PLAYS:VOLUME 1
Ibsen, Henrik
New York. 1992. Signet/New American Library. Reprinted Signet Classic Revised Edition. Very Good In Wrappers. Includes-A Doll House.The Wild Duck.Hedda Gabler.& The Master Builder.Translated From The Norwegian & With A Foreword by Rolf Fjelde. keywords: Signet Classic Norway Scandinavia Poetry Drama Translated Literature 19th Century. ISBN: 0451524063. CE2406. keywords: Signet Classic Norway Scandinavia Poetry Drama Translated Literature 19th Century inventory # 30678. ISBN: 0451524063. ( more information)
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