by Henrik Ibsen · Antigonos Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783563409367
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«Gespenster» is Henrik Ibsen's family drama in three acts, published by Antigonos Verlag in paperback (102 pages, in German).
The play centres on the widow Helene Alving, who is about to open an orphanage in memory of her husband. When her son Oswald returns, the family's appearances crumble and the secrets she had tried to hide emerge. Ibsen thus denounces the moral hypocrisy of nineteenth-century society.
The play was originally published in 1881 as «Gengangere»; this edition is an unchanged reprint of the 1914 edition. The Antigonos Verlag imprint specialises in historical reprints.
Recommended for readers of classic theatre, those interested in Nordic literature, and students studying Ibsen's work in class.
Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright. He is considered one of the world's pre-eminent writers of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama". He pioneered theatrical realism but also wrote lyrical epic works. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, and When We Dead Awaken. In 2014 Ibsen was considered the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare. Store norske leksikon describes him as "the center of the Norwegian literary canon".
