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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 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 .
"Per Gynt", illustration by Peter Nicolai Arbo from Norske Huldre-Eventyr og Folkesagn (1845). Per Gynt (pronounced [peːr ˈjʏnt], locally [pæːr ˈjʏnt]) is a Norwegian fairy-tale which originated in the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. [1] The story of Per Gynt is set in the historic district of Gudbrandsdal in Norway.
Swinging Suites by Edward E. & Edward G. (also known as Peer Gynt Suite/Suite Thursday) is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1960 featuring a jazz interpretation of Peer Gynt by Grieg and Ellington's tribute to John Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday, co-written by Billy Strayhorn. [2]
The piece depicts the rising of the sun during Act 4, scene 4, of Ibsen's play, which finds Peer Gynt stranded in the Moroccan desert after his companions took his yacht and abandoned him there while he slept. The scene begins with the following description: "Dawn. Acacias and palm trees. Peer [Gynt] is sitting in his tree using a wrenched-off ...
Peer Gynt is a play by Henrik Ibsen named for its main character, based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. Peer Gynt may also refer to: Peer Gynt (Grieg) , incidental music to Ibsen's play by Edvard Grieg, commonly performed in two concert suites
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Title/Work: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 Content: Peer Gynt Suite - Part 1: Morning Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Conductor: Leo Blech (1871-1958) Genre: Incidental music (Compositions for symphonic orchestra) First recording date: 1921. First release date: 1921