Peer Gynt (1998 adaptation)

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Peer Gynt
Written by David Henry Hwang
Stephan Muller
CharactersPeer Gynt
Ase
Mads Moen
Solveig
Troll King and others
Date premieredFebruary 3, 1998
Place premiered Trinity Repertory Company
Providence
Original languageEnglish
SubjectSelfishness; Love
GenreDrama
SettingGynt family farm and many others

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]

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References

  1. "Peer Gynt".