# |
English
Title |
Original
Title |
Created |
First
Published |
Type |
Premiere
Date |
Premiere
Place |
First
Eng.
Transl. |
1 |
Catiline |
Catilina |
1849 |
1850, rev. vers. 1875 |
Blank verse historical drama in three acts |
3
Dec. 1881 |
Nya
Teatern, Stockholm |
1878 |
2 |
The
Grouse in Justedal[1] |
Justedalsrypa |
1850 |
|
Work
in four acts (almost one and a half complete only) |
|
|
|
3 |
Norma,
or The Love of a Politician |
Norma,
eller En Politikers Kjaerlighed |
1851 |
1851 |
Musical
tragedy in three acts |
5
Nov. 1994 |
Studentersamfundets
Interne Teater, Trondheim |
|
4 |
The Burial Mound/
The Warrior's Barrow
|
Kjæmpehøien |
1850 |
1909,
rev. vers. 1854 |
Dramatic poem in one act |
26
Sept. 1850; rev. vers. 2 Jan. 1854 |
Kristiania
Teater, Kristiania; rev. vers. Bergen |
1921
(both vers.) |
5 |
St John's Night/
Midsummer Eve |
Sancthansnatten |
1852 |
1909 |
Prose fairytale comedy in three acts, with verse prologue |
2
Jan. 1853 |
Der
norske Theatre, Bergen |
|
6 |
Lady
Inger Of Østråt |
Fru
Inger til Østerraad; rev. vers. Fru Inger til
Østråt |
1854 |
1857, rev. vers. 1874 |
Prose historical drama in five acts |
2
Jan. 1855 |
Der
norske Theatre, Bergen |
1890 |
7 |
The Feast At Solhoug |
Gildet
paa Solhoug; rev. vers. Gildet paa Solhaug |
1855 |
1856, rev. vers. 1883 |
Ballad drama in three acts, with lyric prose dialogue and interspersed
verse |
2
Jan. 1856 |
Der
norske Theatre, Bergen |
1908 |
8 |
Olaf
Liljekrans |
Olaf
Liljekrans |
1856 |
1902 |
Lyric play in
three acts, alternately verse and prose. |
2
Jan. 1857 |
Der
norske Theatre, Bergen |
1921 |
9 |
The
Vikings at Helgeland/
The Warriors at Helgeland |
Hærmændene
paa Helgeland |
1857 |
1858 |
Four-act historical drama in saga-style prose |
24 Nov. 1858 |
Kristiania
Teater, Kristiania |
|
10 |
The
Mountain Bird[1] |
Fjeldfuglen |
1859 |
1859 |
Romantic
opera in three acts |
18
Apr. 2009 |
Grusomhetens
Teater, Oslo |
|
11 |
Love's
Comedy
|
Kjærlighedens
Komedie |
1862 |
1862 |
Three-act contemporary comedy in verse |
24 Nov. 1873 |
Kristiania
Teater, Kristiania |
1900 |
12 |
The
Pretenders |
Kongs-Emnerne |
1863 |
1863, rev. vers. 1870 |
Five-act
historical drama in prose, with some verse |
17 Jan. 1864 |
Kristiania
Teater, Kristiania |
1890 |
13 |
Brand |
Brand |
1865 |
1866 |
Five-act contemporary verse drama |
24
Mar. 1885 |
Nya
Teatern, Stockholm |
1891 |
14 |
Peer
Gynt |
Peer
Gynt |
1867 |
1867 |
Five-act folktale drama in verse |
24
Feb. 1876 |
Kristiania
Teater, Kristiania |
|
15 |
The
League of Youth/
The Young Men's League |
De
unges Forbund |
1869-69 |
1869 |
Five-act political comedy in prose |
18
Oct. 1869 |
Kristiania
Teater, Kristiania |
1890
(two versions) |
16 |
Emperor
and Galilean |
Kejser
og Galilæer |
1871-73 |
1873 |
Historical drama of two five-act plays in prose |
27 Feb. 1896 |
Leipzig
Stadttheater, Leipzig |
1876,
rev. 1890 |
17 |
Pillars
of Society/
Pillars of the Community |
Samfundets
Støtter |
1875-77 |
1877 |
Contemporary play in four acts |
14
Nov. 1877 or 18 Nov. 1877 |
Odense
Teater, Odense or Det Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen |
1878
(excerpts), 1888 |
18 |
A
Doll's House/
A Doll House |
Et
Dukkehjem |
1879 |
1879 |
Domestic drama in three acts |
21 Dec. 1879 |
Det
Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen |
1880
(as Nora) |
19 |
Ghosts |
Gengangere |
1881 |
1881 |
Domestic drama in three acts |
20 May 1882 |
Aurora
Turner Hall, Chicago |
1885 |
20 |
An
Enemy of the People/ An Enemy of Society/A
Public Enemy |
En
folkefiende |
1882 |
1882 |
Contemporary play in five acts |
13
Jan. 1883 |
Kristiania
Teater, Kristiania |
|
21 |
The
Wild Duck |
Vildanden |
1884 |
1884 |
Drama in five acts |
9 Jan. 1885 |
Den
nationale Scene, Bergen |
1890 |
22 |
Rosmersholm |
Rosmersholm |
1886 |
1886 |
Drama in four acts |
7 Jan. 1887 |
Den
nationale Scene, Bergen |
1889 |
23 |
The
Lady From The Sea |
Fruen
fra Havet |
1888 |
1888 |
Play in five acts |
12 Feb. 1889 |
Kristiania
Teater, Kristiania and Hoftheater, Weimar |
1890
(two versions) |
24 |
Hedda
Gabler |
Hedda
Gabler |
1890 |
1890 |
Drama in four acts |
31 Jan. 1891 |
Residenz-Theater,
Munich |
1891
(two versions) |
25 |
The
Master Builder |
Bygmester
Solness |
1892 |
1892 |
Drama in three
acts |
19
Jan. 1893[2] |
Lessing
Theater, Berlin and
Trondheim |
|
26 |
Little
Eyolf |
Lille
Eyolf |
1894 |
1894 |
Play in three acts |
12 Jan. 1895[3] |
Deutsches
Theater, Berlin |
1895 |
27 |
John
Gabriel Borkman |
John
Gabriel Borkman |
1896 |
1896 |
Drama in four acts |
10
Jan. 1897[4] |
Suomalainen
Teaatteri, Helsinki and Svenska Teatern, Helsinki |
1897 |
28 |
When
We Dead Awaken |
Når
vi døde vågner |
1899 |
1899 |
Drama in three acts |
26 Jan. 1900[5] |
Hoftheater,
Stuttgart |
|
 |
Notes
1. Unfinished.
2. Matinee reading held at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on
7 Dec. 1892.
3. Public reading held at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on
3 Dec. 1894.
4. Public reading held at the Avenue Theatre, London, 14 Dec.
1896
5. Public readings in London (16 Dec. 1899), Kristiania (11
Jan. 1900) and Berlin (26 Jan. 1900).
Sources
Haugen, E. Ibsen's Drama: Author to Audience.
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1979.
Heiller, O. Henrik Ibsen: Plays and Problems. Boston;
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912.
McFarlane, J. The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen. Cambridge,
etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Stone, M. H. and C. A. Wagner. Henrik Ibsen Poet: Playwright
and Psychologist. iUniverse Inc, 2014.
|