The Early Modern Drama
By Group 5
Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is the founder of modern
drama realistic. His literary career began in the 1840s. He wrote about
poetical plays, Brand (1866) and Peer Gynt (1867). It made his reputation
established in Norway. William Archer and George Bernard Shaw, through their critic,
made Ibsen was known in Britain. The
Ghost (1881) which involves adultery, caused an outcry which made it as a
controversial plays and made him famous.
He learned stagecraft as a theatre director in
Bergen and Christiana in 1851-1862. Hermann Hettner’s dramatic theory and the
middle-class tragedies of Hebbel influenced Ibsen for creating plays. His work,
An Enemy of the People (1882) was
concerned with moral, social political themes.
Strindberg
August Strindberg (1849-1912) wrote Inferno (1898) in French as his
extraordinary account of his mental crisis Paris in which he came near to
madness. His best plays Miss Julie
(1888) used sexual conflict and psychological anguish themes. His other work, Master Olof (1881) used the unusual
brand of Naturalism. His later plays are included with religious longing.
Chekhov
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) wrote his literary works
in term of the Moskow Art Theatre in blending Naturalism and Symbolism. His
famous plays are The Seagull (1895), Uncle Vanya (1900), Three Sisters (1901) and The
Cherry Orchard (1904).
Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) wrote his literary
work mostly using comedian theme. He was not a truly playwright is because he
was primarily interested in ideas rather than in people. His plays have a
unique and enjoyable Shavian flavour. His plays such as Arms and the Man (1894) and Pygmalion
(1913) still sparkle, Saint Joan (1923)
is a fine historical drama, and Heartbreak
House (1919) talks about a lesson in how to construct a play out of a
debate.
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