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The Pretenders (1864)

by Henrik Ibsen

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Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian poet and dramatist; was born at Skien, a small village on Langesund Fjord, Norway, March 20, 1828. While in his twentieth year he became an apothecary's clerk in the village of Grimstad, during which period he wrote several poems which were published in country papers, and of which but one, Til Ungarn, survives. While preparing for Christiania University, he wrote a drama entitled Catalina, which was rejected by the theatres and publishers, and was printed at last at the expense of a friend, the total sales being but thirty copies. The same year he entered Christiania University and began writing for the daily and other periodicals, and he closed the year by obtaining the presentation of a one-act play, Kjaempehojen, at the Christiania Theatre.His Christiania career was cut short by the offer of the post of theatre director and dramatic author for the theatre at Bergen, the second city of Norway, with a trip abroad to study methods and an engagement for five years. No doubt the poet's remarkable dramatic handling is largely due to his having accepted this proposal and thus having long studied the drama from the standpoint of the actual presentation.His plays are: Brand, a Drama; A Doll's House, a satiric comedy; Peer Gynt, a dramatic poem; Emperor and Galilean, a historic drama (in two parts, I. Julian's Apostasy, II. Julian, the Emperor); The Pillars of Society, a satiric comedy; The Warriors at Helgeland, a historical drama, Love's Comedy. a satiric play: and the series comprising Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, The Lady from the Sea, Hedda Gabler, and Architect Solness, all of which are alike in that they aim to dissect the conventionalities of the social system under which we live.… (more)
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Un siècle exactement après sa mort, le Norvégien Henrik Ibsen est considéré comme l'un des pionniers du théâtre moderne. Le temps ne semble pas avoir de prise sur lui, peut-être parce qu'il a soulevé des questions essentielles, sur la morale, la société, la famille, l'individu, l'humain en général, tout en laissant aux générations successives le soin d'y apporter les réponses qui leur conviennent. Les grands écrivains ont proclamé leur admiration pour son oeuvre, et le jeune Joyce n'a pas hésité à apprendre les rudiments ... Lire la suite du norvégien pour lui dire, dans une lettre célèbre, à quel point son théâtre, « absolument indifférent aux canons officiels de l'art, de l'amitié et des mots d'ordre », comptait pour lui. Joyce ne se trompait pas en pointant la « résolution farouche » avec laquelle Ibsen cherchait à « arracher à la vie son secret ». Comment mener une « vie vraie » : la question est centrale dans le théâtre d'Ibsen, dont cette édition, composée de traductions nouvelles, propose l'essentiel : les dix-sept dernières pièces (sur un total de vingt-six), depuis Les Prétendants à la couronne, encore imprégnée de l'inspiration historique qui fut celle du jeune dramaturge lecteur de sagas, jusqu'à Quand nous ressusciterons, qui est en quelque sorte l'« épilogue dramatique » de l'oeuvre, en passant par Peer Gynt, où s'accuse la rupture avec le romantisme, et par tous les chefs-d'oeuvre dits « bourgeois ». Mais le qualificatif ne rend guère justice à ces tragédies du quotidien. Chez Ibsen, les fenêtres du salon donnent sur le fjord. La force et le mystère du paysage scandinave passent dans les caractères des créatures de celui qui fut (selon André Suarès) « le seul Rêveur, depuis Shakespeare ».
Théâtre : THÉÂTRE : Les prétendants à la Couronne - Brand - Peer Gynt - La ligue des jeunes - Empereur et Galiléen - Les soutiens de la société - Une maison de poupée - Les revenants - Un ennemi du peuple - La cane sauvage - Rosmersholm - La dame de la mer - Hedda Gabler - Solness le constructeur - Petit Eyolf - John Gabriel Borkman - Quand nous ressusciterons ( )
  vdb | Nov 12, 2010 |
"Kongsemnerne" er et historisk skuespill ifem akter og det utkom første gang i 1864.
Som tittelen sier er det flere menn som ønsker å bli konge i Norge og her gjelder det Håkon Håkonssøn - som er kongevalgt av birkebeinerne - og Skule jarl, som senere har tittelen Hertug Skule og deretter Kong Skule. Bispen i Oslo, Nikolas Arnessøn, er en intrigemaker som ikke er sikker på hvem av kongsemnene han skal støtte. Han dør i løpet av stykket, men hans spøkelse er likevel med i siste akt (Hamlet-aktig, spør du meg).
Skules datter Margrete gifter seg med Håkon og de får en sønn. Også Skule har en (voksen) sønn, så arverekkefølgen kan føres videre uansett som blir konge til slutt.
Stykket inneholder mye oppvigleri, en god del kampscener og mange intriger og familiefeider. Peter vil støtte sin far Skule, men da han flytter Hellig Olavs kiste ut av kirken blir han stemplet som kirketyv. Han vil ikke gi seg og blir i siste akt drept sammen med sin far i Nidaros.
Handlingen foregår i første halvdel av 1200-tallet, og mange interessante og sammensatte karakterer bidrar til å gjøre dette til et spennende - og lærerikt (litt sagastil (skaldekvad, nasjonalromantikk (?) må til) - skuespill.
  kjellika | May 1, 2009 |
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Ibsen, HenrikAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Borch, Marie vonTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Meijboom, MargarethaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Simons, L.Introductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian poet and dramatist; was born at Skien, a small village on Langesund Fjord, Norway, March 20, 1828. While in his twentieth year he became an apothecary's clerk in the village of Grimstad, during which period he wrote several poems which were published in country papers, and of which but one, Til Ungarn, survives. While preparing for Christiania University, he wrote a drama entitled Catalina, which was rejected by the theatres and publishers, and was printed at last at the expense of a friend, the total sales being but thirty copies. The same year he entered Christiania University and began writing for the daily and other periodicals, and he closed the year by obtaining the presentation of a one-act play, Kjaempehojen, at the Christiania Theatre.His Christiania career was cut short by the offer of the post of theatre director and dramatic author for the theatre at Bergen, the second city of Norway, with a trip abroad to study methods and an engagement for five years. No doubt the poet's remarkable dramatic handling is largely due to his having accepted this proposal and thus having long studied the drama from the standpoint of the actual presentation.His plays are: Brand, a Drama; A Doll's House, a satiric comedy; Peer Gynt, a dramatic poem; Emperor and Galilean, a historic drama (in two parts, I. Julian's Apostasy, II. Julian, the Emperor); The Pillars of Society, a satiric comedy; The Warriors at Helgeland, a historical drama, Love's Comedy. a satiric play: and the series comprising Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, The Lady from the Sea, Hedda Gabler, and Architect Solness, all of which are alike in that they aim to dissect the conventionalities of the social system under which we live.

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