Ibsen

[ ib-suhn; Norwegian ip-suhn ]

noun

1. Hen·rik [hen, -rik], 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.

Ibsen

/ ˈɪbsən /

noun

1. IbsenHenrik18281906MNorwegianTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: poet Henrik (ˈhɛnrɪk). 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet. After his early verse plays Brand (1866) and Peer Gynt (1867), he began the series of social dramas in prose, including A Doll's House (1879), Ghosts (1881), and The Wild Duck (1886), which have had a profound influence on modern drama. His later plays, such as Hedda Gabler (1890) and The Master Builder (1892), are more symbolic

Other Words From

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Example Sentences

He asks the program to upload his collected works along with other material, including “King Lear,” “Oedipus Rex,” a smattering of Ibsen, psychiatric papers and the journals of his late wife.

From Los Angeles Times

Strong won best leading actor in a play for portraying Dr. Thomas Stockmann, who warns his community of a dangerously polluted spa, in a revival of Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People.”

From New York Times

“It’s the West Wing, not Ibsen,” he said.

From New York Times

In the Henrik Ibsen play, a man dares to publicly expose the hypocrisies and truths of his society and is punished for it.

From Salon

Strong, currently performing in Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” in New York, prepared a lengthy, pointed statement about the film’s politics that Abbasi read from the dais to open the press conference.

From Los Angeles Times