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This 1884 masterpiece may have its genesis in the hostile reception Ibsen -- widely regarded as the father of modern realist drama -- had received from the Norwegian public and critics for Ghosts (1881), which gave theater-goers a larger dose of truth than most were willing to... Read Full Overview

David Eldridge's new version of Ibsen's classic, published to tie-in with the production at the Donmar Warehouse, London

Written in 1884 and first performed in 1885, "The Wild Duck", by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, is the first modern tragicomedy to be embraced by critics and audiences alike. The play, titled "Vilanden" in its original Norwegian, is widely considered one of Ibsen's most... Read Full Overview

Should the truth be pursued whatever the cost? The idealistic son of a wealthy businessman seeks to expose his father's duplicity and to free his childhood friend from the lies on which his happy home life is based.

The eighth of Ibsen's great plays in Drama Classics.

La situaci?n que reina en todo el desarrollo de esta historia, es vivir la vida bajo una gran mentira hasta que una persona les dice la verdad: Una familia vive feliz y tranquila, pero entre mentiras que les hacen pensar que las cosas son mejores. Cuando finalmente se tratan... Read Full Overview

The idealistic son of a corrupt merchant exposes his father's duplicity, but in the process destroys the very people he wishes to save. Gregers Werle forces his friends, the Ekdals, to confront the truth about their lives - but the truth only serves to wound them further. 'The... Read Full Overview

"The only play in which Ibsen denies the validity of revolt, The Wild Duck suggests that under certain conditions, domestic falsehoods are entirely necessary to survival. Plays for Performance Series."

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

Henrik Ibsen: Die Wildente. Schauspiel in f nf Akten Vildanden. Erstdruck: Kopenhagen, 1884. Textgrundlage: S mtliche Werke in deutscher Sprache. Durchgesehen und eingeleitet von Georg Brandes, Julius Elias, Paul Schlenther. S. Fischer, Berlin. Vollst ndige Neuausgabe mit einer... Read Full Overview

Henrik Ibsen's 1884 drama, The Wild Duck, is the story of Gregers Werle, an idealist who returns to his hometown after some absence. While there he begins to meddle in the affairs of the Ekdals, an odd family that have constructed a strange way of living by ignoring the skeletons... Read Full Overview

The Wild Duck is an 1884 play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Guided by a fervent strain of idealism, Gregers endeavors to reveal the truth to Hjalmar, and thereby free him from the mendacity which surrounds him. To that end, Gregers takes up residence in the Ekdal... Read Full Overview

Henrik Ibsen: Die Wildente. Schauspiel in f nf Akten Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken Vildanden. Erstdruck: Kopenhagen,... Read Full Overview

Henrik Ibsens psykologiske drama "Vildanden" fra 1884 kredser om forstillelse og illusioner og s tter sp rgsm?lstegn ved, hvad der er sandt og usandt. Stykket handler om Hjalmar Ekdal og hans familie og om de ubehagelige hemmeligheder og l gne, der kommer frem i lyset, da Hjalmars... Read Full Overview

"My heart started breaking at 9:45 last night, a little more than two hours into Great Lakes Theater Festival's THE WILD DUCK, breaking for a once-happy family sucked down into the depths. It may take a while to get there as Ibsen marches deliberately and unswervingly toward... Read Full Overview

Here is the greatest account ever written of the destructiveness of missionary zeal. Gregers Werle enters the house of photographer Ekdal preaching 'the demands of idealism'(a nicely ambiguous phrase in Hampton's translation) and systematically destroys a family's happiness.