Tacoma Mayor Ibsen condemns ICE shootings and affirms local public safety approaches, backing city resolutions against ...

IBSEN WAS A poet during the earlier part of his life. He began as a lyricist, and his first plays are either in verse or are inspired by an imaginative contemplation of the past. When he was about ...

The appearance on the European scene of “A Doll’s House” (1879) is one of the most important and sensational events in the history of modern theater. The international reputation of the Norwegian ...

Anders Ibsen was leading in the race to become Tacoma’s next mayor Tuesday night. Ibsen received 13,773 votes or 53.61% of the vote compared to his opponent John Hines’ 11,763 votes, or 45.78% as of ...

Three new Ibsen productions suggest our fascination with the sage of Skien hasn't waned. What keeps us so enthralled? "Do you think Shaw is coming back?" a student once rashly asked the late Oxford ...

Playwright Henrik Ibsen built his career on shocking the bourgeoisie with extreme realism. More than a century later, it takes a lot more than nihilistic honesty to needle the audience — which is why ...

Theater critics aren’t always the savviest harbingers of revolution — nor, for that matter, its most ardent advocates. Even so, it is startling to note the contumely that greeted the premieres of many ...

One of his secret habits speaks volumes about the scale and insecurity of the ego of Henrik Ibsen, the second-greatest dramatist of the 19th century. Glued to the inner crown of his top hat there was ...

In 1895, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, aged 67 and at the height of his fame, was living in Oslo, spending much of his time with a 21-year-old female concert pianist. Rumours of an affair soon ...