{"product_id":"ibsen-on-theatre","title":"Ibsen on Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenrik Ibsen in His Own Words\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe great playwright's personal writings on his craft\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Access Your Content --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 16px; border-radius: 6px; background: #f9f9f9; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eAccess Your Content in Seconds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete your purchase on our store.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDownload \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thegreyhill.com\/pages\/the-grey-hill-app\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grey Hill App\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (free).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLog in using the same email from checkout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour ebook will appear instantly in your library.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"\u003eAll content is securely delivered through our app and not offered as a Shopify download.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Ebook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA unique collection of everything that Ibsen wrote about the theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree new productions of plays by Henrik Ibsen open somewhere in the world every week. Moreover, they are adapted into multiple genres: Chinese and Western Opera, Japanese Noh theatre, puppet plays, musicals, dance performances, tourist spectacles, promenade performances, applied theatre, community events, and every possible screen technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe more successful Ibsen became as a playwright, the more reluctant he was to make public pronouncements about the practice of theatre, but his thoughts on the art form can be gleaned by mining his prefaces, letters, speeches and newspaper articles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first time, these fragments have been gathered together in one volume. Arranged chronologically, they throw a unique light on Ibsen's views on theatre production, casting, translation, the business of theatre, and most importantly his own plays. The result is an invaluable resource for those who seek to know what Ibsen himself thought about his work and about the theatre of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIbsen on Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e is edited, introduced and annotated by Frode Helland and Julie Holledge, with new translations by May-Brit Akerholt. Also included is a foreword by Richard Eyre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIbsen on Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e is in the Nick Hern Books\u003cem\u003e ...On Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e series: what the world's greatest dramatists had to say about theatre, in their own words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'For anyone interested in Ibsen's plays—actors, directors, students, audiences—[this is] a marvellously accessible compendium of the thoughts of a man I now unhesitatingly describe as a very great playwright.'\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Eyre, from his Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy You'll Love This Ebook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover Ibsen's reflections on theatre, society, and his own dramatic works\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRead essential primary source material on the father of modern drama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand the theatrical revolution Ibsen pioneered through his own voice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccess Nick Hern Books' authoritative collection of theatre history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrode Helland is Professor of Scandinavian Literature and Director of the Centre for Ibsen Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eIbsen in Practice: Relational Readings of Performance, Cultural Encounters and Power\u003c\/em\u003e (2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulie Holledge FAHA is a Professor at the Centre for Ibsen Studies at the University of Oslo. She has conducted performance research into acting techniques used in the rehearsal of Ibsen's plays in Australia, Norway, China, India, Bangladesh and Nepal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelland and Holledge have collaborated on two previous publications, \u003cem\u003eA Global Doll's House\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) and \u003cem\u003eIbsen Between Cultures\u003c\/em\u003e (2016). They are co-founders of Ibsen Stage (ibsenstage.hf.uio.no), the international database for Ibsen performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay-Brit Akerholt is a professional dramaturg and translator. She was the Director of the Australian Playwrights Conference from 1991–2001, and has translated more than twenty plays by Ibsen, Strindberg and Jon Fosse, which have been performed by most state theatre companies in Australia, the Nationaltheatret in Oslo, and in the UK and USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublication Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN (EPUB):\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781788500890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 August 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ebook (EPUB)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nick Hern Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I access my ebook?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDownload \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thegreyhill.com\/pages\/the-grey-hill-app\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Grey Hill App\u003c\/a\u003e and log in using the same email you used at checkout. 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