May-Brit Akerholt, Henrik Ibsen

Broschiertes Buch

Ellida

a new translation of Henrik Ibsen's The Lady of the Sea

Beschreibung

'You can't stop me from choosing. You can keep me here by force. You have the power to do that. But my choice comes from deep inside me...' What does it mean to be free? To be truly independent? Ellida - a lighthouse keeper's daughter - is living a life of quiet desperation with her husband Dr Wangel in a coastal fjord town when a stranger from her past arrives, upsetting the fragile equilibrium she and Wangel had created. In The Lady From the Sea, Henrik Ibsen explores the themes found in his earlier work, challenging and exposing the conventions of marriage and society with biting satire and subtle humour, and an ending that raises as many questions as it resolves. In this fresh adaptation by May-Brit Akerholt, the pull of the tide meets the stability of the land. Questions of freedom and responsibility, conformity and independence, emotion and rationality prove startlingly contemporary, as relevant as when Ibsen first penned the play in 1888.

Autor

Dr MAY-BRIT AKERHOLT has extensive experience as translator and production dramaturg of classic and contemporary plays. More than 20 of her translations have been produced by leading theatre companies around Australia and overseas. Her published translations include several plays by Ibsen and Strindberg; by Jon Fosse: four volumes of plays (Oberon Books, London); two novels: The Boathouse; Trilogy; and Essays (all by Dalkey Archive Press: UK, US and Ireland). She has written a book on Patrick White's drama and a number of her critical articles have been published in various books and journals. Ibsen on Theatre (edited by Frode Helland and Julie Holledge) with new translations of Henrik Ibsen's writings by May-Brit Akerholt is due for publication by Nick Hern Books (London) in 2018. Akerholt has been a tutor in the School of English and Linguistics at Macquarie University; Lecturer in Drama at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA); Resident Dramaturg at Sydney Theatre Company; Artistic Director of the Australian National Playwrights' Centre and the National Playwrights' Conference. Her PhD thesis from the University of Sydney is titled The Dramaturgy of Translation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Currency Press
• Seitenzahl: 106
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 137mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 199g
• ISBN-13: 9781760622312
• ISBN-10: 1760622311
• Artikelnr.: 71987317