The Wild Duck
Author: Henrik Ibsen
This 1884 masterpiece may have had its genesis in the hostile reception Ibsen — widely regarded as the father of modern realist drama — had received from the Norwegian public and critics for “Ghosts”, which gave theater-goers a larger dose of truth than most were willing to bear. His next three plays — “The Wild Duck”, “An Enemy of the People”, and “Rosmersholm” — focused….Read More
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