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The Lady From The Sea by Henrik Ibsen - This symbolic play ifocuses on a lady named Ellida. She is the daughter of a lighthouse-keeper, and grew by the sea; she loves the sea. She married a Doctor named Wangel, who has two daughters (Bolette and Hilde) by his previous wife (widowed),... Read Full Overview

David Eldridge's new version of Ibsen's classic play, published to coincide with its premiere at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, October 2010.

"Free and responsible for myself... It all changed when I could choose."

Ellida, ACT FIVE

"The first play in which Ibsen entirely abandons social satire and devotes himself to pure psychology."

William Archer (1907)

Ibsen's rarely... Read Full Overview

The Lady From The Sea by Henrik Ibsen - This symbolic play ifocuses on a lady named Ellida. She is the daughter of a lighthouse-keeper, and grew by the sea; she loves the sea. She married a Doctor named Wangel, who has two daughters (Bolette and Hilde) by his previous wife (widowed),... Read Full Overview

This symbolic play is centred on a lady called Ellida. She is the daughter of a lighthouse-keeper, and grew up where the fjord met the open sea; she loves the sea. She is married to Doctor Wangel, a doctor in a small town in West Norway (in the mountains). He has two daughters... Read Full Overview

The Lady from the Sea is a play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen inspired by the ballad Agnete og Havmanden. The drama is notable in the Ibsen corpus for introducing the portrayal of Hilde Wangel who is again portrayed in Ibsen's later play The Master Builder... Read Full Overview

La Dama del Mar. Enrique Ibsen. Noruega 1828 - 1906

The Lady From The Sea by Henrik Ibsen - This symbolic play ifocuses on a lady named Ellida. She is the daughter of a lighthouse-keeper, and grew by the sea; she loves the sea. She married a Doctor named Wangel, who has two daughters (Bolette and Hilde) by his previous wife (widowed),... Read Full Overview

Ellida Wangel grew up loving the sea, but she eventually moved away and married a doctor instead of the sailor who originally stole her heart. This has put a strain on her relationship with her husband and his two daughters, from his previous marriage.

Ellida... Read Full Overview

In a new translation by Pam Gems, the author of Stanley, Piaf and The Snow Palace.

Land locked. Sea free. Beyond the walls of her fjord home, where her husband Dr Wangel offers the security of family and responsibility, Ellida is constantly drawn towards the sea, It is from this element that her past love returns - promising the ecstasy of the unknown. Will... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Diese Hardcover-Ausgabe ist Teil der TREDITION CLASSICS. Der Verlag tredition aus Hamburg ver ffentlicht in der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS Werke aus mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden. Diese waren zu einem Gro teil vergriffen oder nur noch antiquarisch erh ltlich. Mit TREDITION CLASSICS... Read Full Overview

Ellida Wangel grew up loving the sea, but she eventually moved away and married a doctor instead of the sailor who originally stole her heart. This has put a strain on her relationship with her husband and his two daughters, from his previous marriage.

Ellida... Read Full Overview

Henrik Ibsen: Die Frau vom Meer. Schauspiel in f nf Akten Fruen fra havet. Entstanden 1888 in M nchen. Erstdruck 1888 bei Gyldendalske Boghandel, Kopenhagen. Urauff hrung am 12.2.1889 zeitgleich am Hoftheater in Weimar und am Christiania Theater. Textgrundlage: S mtliche Werke... Read Full Overview