Peer Gynt (/ p ɪər ˈ ɡ ɪ n t /, Norwegian: [peːr ˈjʏnt,-ˈɡʏnt]) [a] is a five-act play in verse written in 1867 by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. It is one of Ibsen's best known and most widely performed plays. Peer Gynt chronicles the journey of its title character from the Norwegian mountains to the North African desert and ...

Peer Gynt, Op. 23, is the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play Peer Gynt, written by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in 1875. It premiered along with the play on 24 February 1876 in Christiania (now Oslo).

Peer Gynt, incidental music by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, written to accompany the verse drama of the same name by Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen. The music debuted to great acclaim in 1876 when the play was first produced for the stage, and it remains among the most popular of Grieg’s compositions .

Peer Gynt tells the story of a hotheaded twenty-year-old with a wild imagination. Peer is the laughingstock in his hometown of Haegstad, an exasperation to his mother, and a compulsive liar of fanciful stories that suspiciously resemble Norwegian folklore.

Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen wrote Peer Gynt whilst in Italy in 1867, the first edition of the work selling out in just a fortnight. The play is written in poetry and tells the story of Peer Gynt, a brash, boastful young man from Norway who embarks on a fantastic adventure from his native land to the deserts of Morocco and back.

The Story Behind Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) wrote his five-act allegorical drama Peer Gynt in 1867 while living in Italy. It tells the story of the downfall and subsequent redemption of a Norwegian peasant anti-hero.

Mar 4, 2025 · Peer Gynt, five-act verse play by Henrik Ibsen, published in Norwegian in 1867 and produced in 1876. The title character, based on a legendary Norwegian folk hero, is a rogue who will be destroyed unless he is saved by the love of a woman.

Henrik Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" is a dramatic exploration of ambition, deception, and redemption. The play follows the titular character as he navigates a series of outlandish adventures...

Peer Gynt (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈpeːr ˈɡʏnt]) is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt and is the most widely performed of all Norwegian plays. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the “cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ...

Peer Gynt er et dramatisk dikt i fem handlinger av Henrik Ibsen. Det regnes gjerne for norsk litteraturs nasjonale hovedverk. Det ble skrevet etter Brand, og hovedpersonen er Brands motsetning.