UNCW theatre presents 'The Wild Duck' Nov 21, 2009
Henrik Ibsen is the second most produced playwright in the world, second only to Shakespeare ... Henrik Ibsen was an early Norwegian realist playwright who wrote in the late 1800s. (The Seahawk, NC)
Odd facts about Nobel Prize winners Oct 7, 2009
Big names who never won: Dmitri Mendeleev, Leo Tolstoy, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Mark Twain, Gertrude Stein, Henrik Ibsen, Joan Robinson, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Jules-Henri Poincar;, Raymond Damadian and Mahatma Gandhi. 8. (CNN)
"Laugh-In" Actor Henry Gibson Dies at 73 Sep 17, 2009
in 1935 - created his Henry Gibson comic persona, a pun on playwright Henrik Ibsen's name, while working as a theater actor in New York ... And all this time I thought I was the only one who got the "Henrik Ibsen" joke. (CBS News)
Henry Gibson, poet-comic of ‘Laugh-In’ Sep 17, 2009
Voight said he came up with the names: Harold and Henry Gibson, the latter a derivative of playwright Henrik Ibsen s name. Mr. Gibson received a big break when he was invited to appear as the Henry Gibson character on the Tonight show. (Boston Globe)
From stage to screen, ‘Passing Strange’ plays on Aug 26, 2009
It s not the kind of play where everyone s just doing, like, their Henrik Ibsen thing. We weren t just sitting there at a table like in 12 Angry Men. (Boston Globe)
Humorist Rakoff is coming to Berkeley Apr 2, 2009
The five-play season also includes a Henrik Ibsen classic and Neil LaBute's controversial examination of feminine beauty standards, "Fat Pig.". 04. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Friends remember Richardson Mar 21, 2009
The Oscar-winning star worked with Richardson on the 1987 TV production of the Henrik Ibsen play Ghosts. She had an incredibly luminous quality that you seldom see, and a great sense of humour. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Norway divided on honoring pro-Nazi writer Mar 2, 2009
Doug Mellgren, Associated Press. Sunday, March 1, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Festival considers O'Neill in the 21st century Feb 26, 2009
""Desire" runs through March 1, but Gugino had to miss the final two weeks because of a prior movie commitment. She was replaced in those performances by Chicago actress Amy Carle.The original cast will be reunited for the production's New York engagement, which begins previews April 14 at the St. James Theatre for a 13-week run. It opens April 27.The festival, titled "A Global Exploration: Eugene O'Neill in the 21st Century," began Jan. 7 with a revival of the New York-based Wooster Group's... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
CJN city editor makes debut as Unethical playwright (2) Feb 17, 2009
Like the heroine in Henrik Ibsen s classic play, who feels stifled by her surroundings, Zitelli, 32, also feels frustrated when her full-time writing job saps her of time and energy. She wishes she could write plays full time but admits she needs the paycheck, a line that occurs in the play more than once. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
