Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt

    Author: Henrik Ibsen

    First Performance: 1876, Christiania

    Published: 1867

    First English Translation: 1892

    Genre: Drama in 5 acts; Norwegian verse

    Setting: Gubrandsdal and mountains in Norway, the Moroccan coast, the Sahara Desert, a madhouse in Cairo, the North Sea, mid-19th c.

    Cast: 24m, 14f, extras

When the 20-year-old Peer Gynt learns that Ingrid, a rich young local girl who is attracted to him, is about to get married, Peer rushes off and abducts her from the wedding. He soon tires of her, his head full of thoughts of the lovely Solveig, whom he has just met. He is led into the Troll kingdom, where he feels at home amongst their coarse sensuality, until they threaten to slit his eyeballs. Church bells dispel the vision. After wrestling with the Boyg, an unseen monster,...

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