The Master Builder

The most gripping of Ibsen's later, brooding self-portraits, The Master Builder explores the nature of a messianic hero pulled down from the heights to reside in the community of men, and now painfully laboring to drag himself up again. Plays for Performance Series.

About the author

The Plays for Performance series is edited by Nicholas Rudall, former artistic director of the Court Theatre at the University of Chicago where he is professor of classics, and Bernard Sahlins, founder and director of the Second City. They both live in Chicago, Illinois.

Summary

The most gripping of Ibsen's later, brooding self-portraits, The Master Builder explores the nature of a messianic hero pulled down from the heights to reside in the community of men, and now painfully laboring to drag himself up again. Plays for Performance Series.

Product details

• Authors: Henrik Ibsen
• Assisted by: Nicholas Rudall (Translation)
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781566630429
• ISBN: 978-1-56663-042-9
• No. of pages: 113
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 212 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 177 g
• Series: Plays for Performance; Plays for Performance Series; Plays for Performance; Plays for Performance Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other Germanic linguistics / literary studies