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The
Master Builder|
Halvard Solness, Master Builder |
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Aline Solness, his wife |
... Sharon Scruggs |
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Dr. Herdal, the family doctor |
... Will LeBow |
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Kurt Brovik, former architect |
... Jeremy Geidt |
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Ragnar Brovik, his son |
... Ben Evett |
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Kaja Folsi, his niece, a bookkeeper |
... Aysan Çelik |
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Miss Hilda Wangel |
... Kristin Flanders |
Synopsis
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Nearly twelve years ago, the home of the builder Halvard Solness was burned to the ground. The fire, which caused the death of his two children and left his wife emotionally scarred, also gave Solness the opportunity to demonstrate his talents as one of the finest builders in the land. A decade later, Master Builder Solness lives in fear that the new generation will arise and cast him aside. The arrival of a young visitor, Hilde Wangel, brings new life to the Solness home, but also rekindles painful memories of his past. |
Reading List
All of these titles can be purchased online or at the Harvard Book Store:
- Henrik Ibsen
- The Wild Duck, In a New Adaptation by Robert Brustein, Ivan R.Dee, 7.95pb
- Four Major PlaysVI, tr.by Rolf Fjelde, NAL, 6.95pb
- Sigmund Freud, Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria, Simon and Schuster, 10.00pb
- Stella Adler, Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov, Knopf, 27.50 (4/99)
- Robert Brustein, The Theatre of Revolt, Ivan R.Dee, 18.95pb
- Richard Etlin, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier, Manchester Univ.Press, 24.95pb
- Bruce Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright: Master Builder, Universe, 25.00pb
- Neil Levine, Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, Princeton University Press, 49.50
- Meryle Secrest, Frank Lloyd Wright, University of Chicago Press, 20.00pb
- Jean Jenger, Le Corbusier, Abrams, 12.95pb
- W.Curtis, Le Corbusier, Phaidon, 29.95pb
- Marylene Ferrand, Le Corbusier: Modernes Fruges, Birkhauser, 16.95pb
Related Links
- Climbing High, adapted from The Theatre of Revolt by Robert Brustein
- Words and Picures, an A.R.T. News interview with co-directers Kate Whoriskey & Robert Brustein
- Bygmester Solness, a history of the English Translations of The Master Builder
- Boston Phoenix interview with Robert Brustein
- Boston Phoenix review
- The Ibsen Centre
- Ibsen.net site maintained by the Skien municipality, Ibsen's birthplace
- The Wild Duck homepage from A.R.T. 1996-97 production
This page updated March 21, 1999 |
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