In this radical new version of _Peer Gynt_, David Hare kidnaps Henrik
Ibsen's most famous hero and runs away with him into the twenty-first
century.
Stripped of fretwork and greenery, the play is projected into a
freewheeling modern world of music, dance, poetry, weddings,
coronations, trolls and two-headed children as Peter steals a bride
and embarks on an extraordinary lifetime's journey before returning
home, finally, to Scotland.
David Hare's_ Peter Gynt_ posits the same fundamental question the
great Norwegian asked in 1867: does a belief in individualism help or
hinder us in trying to live purposefully in the present day?
The play opens at the National Theatre in July 2019 and transfers to
the Festival Theatre Edinburgh, for the Edinburgh International
Festival.
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ISBN
9780571354788
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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