Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and playwright, was one of
the shapers of modern theatre, who tempered naturalism with an
understanding of social responsibility and individual psychology.
His earliest major plays, Brand (1866) and Peer Gynt (1867), were
large-scale verse dramas, but with Pillars of the Community (1877)
he began to explore contemporary issues. There followed A Doll's
House (1879), Ghosts (1881) and An Enemy of the People (1882). A
richer understanding of the complexity of human impulses marks such
later works as The Wild Duck (1885), Rosmersholm (1886), Hedda
Gabler (1890) and The Master Builder (1892), while the imminence of
mortality overshadows his last great plays, John Gabriel Borkman
(1896) and When We Dead Awaken (1899).
Patrick Marber was born in 1964. He began his career as a stand-up
comedian and writer in 1986. He co-wrote and appeared in a number
of radio and television programmes including The Day Today and
Knowing Me, Knowing You. In 1995 his first play, Dealer's Choice,
premiered at the National Theatre in a production he also directed.
Since then he has written plays and screenplays including After
Miss Julie, Closer, Howard Katz, Don Juan in Soho, Notes on a
Scandal and Love You More. He lives in London with his wife and
their three children.
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