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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''' 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.) | ||
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Revision as of 14:02, February 26, 2009
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.)