Ghosts and Other Plays

Henrik Ibsen changed what a stage play could be about, and this Penguin Classics volume collects Ghosts alongside further plays from his major period. The dramas turn on inheritance, reputation, duty and the secrets families keep in order to hold their position. Ibsen writes in ordinary domestic speech and lets pressure build through what characters avoid saying, which is why his work remains a standard text for drama courses and a staple of repertory theatre. The translation reads clearly on the page, for study or for rehearsal. On the page: • Ghosts collected with other plays from Ibsen's mature years • Domestic settings used to examine reputation, duty and hidden history • Dialogue written for performance yet readable as literature • A frequent set text for drama and comparative literature courses Useful to theatre students, directors, actors and readers of modern drama, available from Boipoka.