Ghosts Resources
Websites
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The place to go for all things Ibsen: biography, pictures, current productions, production history, etc. It's awesome.
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Features the articles of renowned Ibsen translator and scholar Brian Johnston, whose teaching influenced this module a good deal.
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Check it out. This is where Mrs. Alving lives. Beautiful but pretty austere.
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All you need to know about the sexually transmitted disease that Oswald and Captain Alving suffered from.
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More about Ibsen's turf.
Movie or TV Productions
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The 1981 BBC production with Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh. Check it out as part of the Henrik Ibsen Collection available here:
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A West German version.
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If you want to get in a good Scandinavian groove – and get to know a provincial priest much like Pastor Manders – watch this wonderful Ingmar Bergman film. Just watch any Ingmar Bergman film. The guy's a genius.
Historical Documents
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Of course the famous anarchist dug this play. Check out her 1914 review here.
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Written in the hand of the man himself.
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More of Ibsen's penmanship. He's writing to his publisher to predict the furor that Ghosts will provoke. It may be worth learning Norwegian for this. Let us know.
Video
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Check out part of Act 3. Judi Dench has amazing eyebrows.
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Gespenster is the German title for Ghosts. You don't have to speak German to enjoy this cool trailer and think about the play in a different way. Mrs. Alving is super-sexy, as is Pastor Manders, Oswald's not that attractive. You'll recognize the round table in this minimalist set.
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If you're into dance, check out this trailer and pick out who's who.
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Wow, it's gorgeous there. Take a look.
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The great acting teacher talks about her approach to Ibsen. You might just want to get her terrific book, Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov.
Audio
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Images
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Ibsen just a couple of years before Ghosts came out.
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A few years after Ghosts came out. Nasty critics will turn your hair white.
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Yeah, it's a little dark, but Ibsen was a dark guy.
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An 1881 cartoon depicting the response to Ghosts. Lots of other great cartoons on this site.
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This Danish painter was a contemporary of Ibsen's. Checking out some of his paintings may give you an idea of how the Scandinavian world looked at that time.