"Little Eyolf" by Henrik Ibsen is a play that explores a family grappling with guilt and the heavy weight of their relationships. The story kicks off with Alfred Allmers coming home to his wife, Rita, and their disabled son, Eyolf, but their pretty house and garden can't hide the issues simmering beneath the surface. Alfred seems lost in his own thoughts, while Rita's emotions are all over the place, and their son Eyolf is always on their minds. Add Alfred's half-sister, Asta, into the mix, and things get even more complicated. Plus, there's the unsettling Rat-Wife who appears from nowhere. It's clear from the start that this play is going to get into some tough questions about what it means to be a parent and how dark things can get between people who are supposed to love each other.
Little Eyolf
By Henrik Ibsen
A family's comfortable life crumbles as they confront hidden tensions, a disabled child, and the arrival of a mysterious woman who foreshadows a looming tragedy.
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About the AuthorHenrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and the most influential playwright of the 19th century, as well of one of the most influential playwrights in Western literature more generally. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, and When We Dead Awaken. Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House was the world's most performed play in 2006.
Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and the most influential playwright of the 19th century, as well of one of the most influential playwrights in Western literature more generally. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, and When We Dead Awaken. Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House was the world's most performed play in 2006.
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