Peer Gynt (1998 adaptation)

Peer Gynt
Original languageEnglish
Written byDavid Henry Hwang
Stephan Muller
CharactersPeer Gynt
Ase
Mads Moen
Solveig
Troll King and others
SubjectSelfishness; Love
GenreDrama
SettingGynt family farm and many others
Premiere
DateFebruary 3, 1998
PlaceTrinity Repertory Company
Providence

Peer Gynt is a 1998 theatrical adaptation of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's classic play Peer Gynt by American playwright David Henry Hwang and Swiss director Stephan Muller. Combining many contemporary references with a streamlined turn of the original story, it was commissioned by the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island. It opened there on February 3, 1998.

The script is published by Playscripts, Inc.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Peer Gynt".