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The tales encompass the themes of identity, relationships and personal stories from a lonely hunter. The folk tale tells of the eponymous Per Gynt and his various exploits. He rescues three dairy-maids from trolls and shoots the Bøyg, a troll which takes the form of a gigantic serpent and stands as a hindrance to travellers. [3] [4] [5] [6] Grieg later created two suites from his Peer Gynt music. Some of the music from these suites has received coverage in popular culture; see Grieg's music in popular culture. In 2006, as part of the Norwegian Ibsen anniversary festival, Peer Gynt was set at the foot of the Great Sphinx of Giza near Cairo, Egypt (an important location in the original play). The director was Bentein Baardson. The performance was the centre of some controversy, with some critics seeing it as a display of colonialist attitudes. In 2007, St. John's Prep of Danvers, Massachusetts won the MHSDG Festival with their production starring Bo Burnham.

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Peer is away for many years, taking part in various occupations and playing various roles, including that of a businessman engaged in enterprises on the coast of Morocco. Here, he explains his view of life, and we learn that he is a businessman taking part in unethical transactions, including sending heathen images to China and trading slaves. In his defense, he points out that he has also sent missionaries to China, and he treated his slaves well. Not to be confused with Peer Gynt. "Per Gynt", illustration by Peter Nicolai Arbo from Norske Huldre-Eventyr og Folkesagn (1845) Every year, since 2008, the annual "Delhi Ibsen Festival", is held in Delhi, India, organized by the Dramatic Art and Design Academy (DADA) in collaboration with The Royal Norwegian Embassy in India. It features plays by Ibsen, performed by artists from various parts of the world in varied languages and styles. [51] [52] When Ibsen asked Grieg to write music for the play in 1874, he reluctantly agreed. However, it was much more difficult for Grieg than he imagined, as he wrote to a friend: Ghosts followed in 1881, another scathing commentary on the morality of Ibsen's society, in which a widow reveals to her pastor that she had hidden the evils of her marriage for its duration. The pastor had advised her to marry her fiancé despite his philandering, and she did so in the belief that her love would reform him. But his philandering continued right up until his death, and his vices are passed on to their son in the form of syphilis. The mention of venereal disease alone was scandalous, but to show how it could poison a respectable family was considered intolerable. [30]Over a decade after composing the full incidental music for Peer Gynt, Grieg extracted eight movements to make two four-movement suites. The Peer Gynt suites are among his best-known works, however, they initially began as incidental compositions. Suite No.1, Op.46 was published in 1888, and Suite No.2, Op.55 was published in 1893. [3] A typical rendition of both suites lasts 20 to 35 minutes. Daftuar, Swati (24 November 2012). "Showcase: Reinventing Ibsen". The Hindu. Chennai, India . Retrieved 21 December 2013. At the time, Norway shared one of its written languages with Denmark, and this written language was referred to as Danish in Denmark and as Norwegian in Norway. There were nevertheless certain differences between the form used in Denmark and the form used in Norway. Compare Haugen, Einar (1979). "The Nuances of Norwegian". Ibsen's Drama: Author to Audience. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-8166-0896-6.

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Brown, Kristi (2006) "The Troll Among Us", in Powrie, Phil et al. (ed), Changing Tunes: The Use of Pre-existing Music in Film, Ashgate. ISBN 9780754651376 pp.74–91 Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference

Ibsen's Kingdom: The Man and His Works - a review of the book of that title, as well as discussions of "Brand", "A Doll's House", and "Ghosts". Ibsen's biographer Henrik Jæger famously wrote in 1888 that Ibsen did not have a drop of Norwegian blood in his veins, stating that "the ancestral Ibsen was a Dane". This, however, is not completely accurate; notably through his grandmother Hedevig Paus, Ibsen was descended from one of the very few families of the patrician class of original Norwegian extraction, known since the 15th century. Ibsen's ancestors had mostly lived in Norway for several generations, even though many had foreign ancestry. [57] [58] On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Ibsen's death in 2006, the Norwegian government organised the Ibsen Year, which included celebrations around the world. The NRK produced a miniseries on Ibsen's childhood and youth in 2006, An Immortal Man. Several prizes are awarded in the name of Henrik Ibsen, among them the International Ibsen Award, the Norwegian Ibsen Award, and the Ibsen Centennial Commemoration Award. Farquharson Sharp, R., trans. 1936. Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem. Henrik Ibsen. Edinburgh: J. M Dent & Sons and Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Available in online edition. Ibsen, Henrik; Green, Paul (23 December 2017). Ibsen's Peer Gynt: American Version. Samuel French, Inc. ISBN 9780573613791 . Retrieved 23 December 2017– via Google Books.

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Peer Gynt, A synopsis of the play by Henrik Ibsen". TheatreHistory.com . Retrieved November 1, 2017. In 1948, the composer Harald Sæverud made a new score for the nynorsk-production at "the Norwegian Theatre" (Det Norske Teatret) in Oslo. Sæverud incorporated the national music of each of the friends in the fourth act, as per Ibsen's request, who died in 1906. Ibsen's ancestry has been a much studied subject, due to both his perceived foreignness [18] and the influence of his biography and family on his plays. Ibsen often made references to his family in his plays, sometimes by name, or by modelling characters after them.Peer Gynt Sculpture Park (Peer Gynt-parken) is a sculpture park located in Oslo, Norway. Created in honour of Henrik Ibsen, it is a monumental presentation of Peer Gynt, scene by scene. It was established in 2006 by Selvaag, the company behind the housing development in the area. Most of the sculptures in this park are the result of an international sculpture competition. Digte – only released collection of poetry, included Terje Vigen (written in 1862 but published in Digte from 1871)

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Hanssen, Jens-Morten (10 August 2001). "Facts about Pillars of Society". ibsen.nb.no . Retrieved 8 February 2013.Paskett, Zoe (11 September 2019). "Henrik Ibsen's greatest plays, from A Doll's House to Hedda Gabler". Evening Standard. The Politics of Modernism: Against the New Conformists. Ed. Tony Pinkney. London and New York: Verso. ISBN 0-86091-955-2. Goldman, Emma (28 September 2020). The Social Significance of the Modern Drama. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 978-1-4655-9740-3. Bergwitz, Joh. K, Henrik Ibsen i sin avstamning. Norsk eller fremmed?, Nordisk forlag, Gyldendalske boghandel, Christiania and Copenhagen, 1916