The Master Builder | International Dictionary of Theatre—1: Plays
In the following essay, the author gives a good overview of Ibsen's play The Master Builder.
Two different kinds of play are interlinked in The Master Builder. The first introduced is a naturalistic social drama concerning a successful, middle-aged man's attempt to block the path of a potential younger rival (Ragnar Br(pvik), whose father he himself displaced; working on the susceptible nature of Ragnar's finacée, Kaia, Master-Builder Solness has created an infatuation with himself which will keep both young people, and Old Brqrvik, working in his office. Still within Act I, a drama of the inner life—of fantasy, obsession, and neurosis— begins with the arrival of...
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