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'''Henrik Ibsen''' was a European playwright whose dramatic works dealt with then-touchy social issues such as political corruption and sexually-transmitted diseases. His ''Hedda Gabler'' featured an unhappily-married protagonist who steals a drunken writer's manuscript and provides the weapon by which he commits suicide. (Current advertising on the New Times radio station [[WQXR]] describes this character in glowing, positive terms.)

'''Henrik Ibsen''' (b. 20 March 1828,  d. 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian [[playwright]] whose dramatic works are considered to have inspired the modernist theater movement. He dealt with then-touchy social issues such as political corruption and sexually-transmitted diseases. Perhaps his best known work is ''A Doll's House'' (1879) which is considered one of the earliest examples of [[feminism]] in written theater. <ref name=Fortier>Fortier, Mark (2002), ‘Theory/Theatre: An Introduction’, 2nd Ed, Routledge, Oxon.</ref> Another influential work, ''Hedda Gabler'' (1890) featured an unhappily-married protagonist who steals a drunken writer's manuscript and provides the weapon by which he commits suicide (current advertising on the New Times radio station [[WQXR]] describes this character in glowing, positive terms).

 

<ref name=Fortier>Fortier, Mark (2002), ‘Theory/Theatre: An Introduction’, 2nd Ed, Routledge, Oxon.</ref>

 

 

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[[Category:Playwrights]]

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