Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 1 Ibsen's dramatic apprenticeship
- 2 Ibsen and historical drama
- 3 Dramatic and non-dramatic poetry
- 4 Ibsen and comedy
- 5 Ibsen and the realistic problem drama
- 6 Ibsen and feminism
- 7 The middle plays
- 8 The last plays
- 9 Ibsen's working methods
- 10 Ibsen and the theatre 1877-1900
- 11 Ibsen and the twentieth-century stage
- 12 Ibsen on film and television
- 13 On staging Ibsen
- 14 Ibsen and the drama of today
- 15 A century of Ibsen criticism
- 16 Works of reference
- Index
12 - Ibsen on film and television
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 May 2006
- Frontmatter
- 1 Ibsen's dramatic apprenticeship
- 2 Ibsen and historical drama
- 3 Dramatic and non-dramatic poetry
- 4 Ibsen and comedy
- 5 Ibsen and the realistic problem drama
- 6 Ibsen and feminism
- 7 The middle plays
- 8 The last plays
- 9 Ibsen's working methods
- 10 Ibsen and the theatre 1877-1900
- 11 Ibsen and the twentieth-century stage
- 12 Ibsen on film and television
- 13 On staging Ibsen
- 14 Ibsen and the drama of today
- 15 A century of Ibsen criticism
- 16 Works of reference
- Index
Summary
Next to Shakespeare, Ibsen is undoubtedly the world's most frequently screened playwright. There are to date more than fifty film versions of Ibsen plays, and probably about twice as many television versions.
For obvious reasons, the earliest screened versions of Ibsen exist only in the medium of film; after 1950, however, when the first television broadcast of an Ibsen play took place, there was a distinct change of emphasis. Once the new medium had been introduced, the number of film productions dwindled quickly and television became the new partner to which the Ibsen play was wedded. In fact, most of the Ibsen films were produced during the 'international', silent, black-and-white era. With the arrival of the sound film around 1930 the number of film productions diminished.
Not surprisingly, the greatest number of screen versions concern A Doll's House and Ghosts, but many of the other social plays have also proved to be attractive to screen directors. As might be expected, little attention has been paid to the early plays and, as far as film is concerned, to the late ones.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen , pp. 205 - 216Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994
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