Audiobooks by Henrik Ibsen

Nora Helmer has everything a young housewife could want: beautiful children, an adoring husband, and a bright future. But when a carelessly buried secret rises from the past, Nora's well-calibrated domestic ideal starts to crumble. Ibsen's play is as fresh today as it was when it first stormed the stages of 19th-century Europe. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Calista Flockhart as Nora Helmer Tony Abatemarco as Dr. Rank Tim Dekay as Torvald Helmer Jeannie Elias as Anne-Marie/ Helene Gregory Itzin as Nils Krogstad Jobeth Williams as Mrs. Linde Translated by Rolf Fjelde. Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the James Bridges Theater at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in September, 2011.

Henrik Ibsen, Rolf Fjelde (Author), Calista Flockhart, Gregory Itzin, Jeannie Elias, Jobeth Williams, Tim Dekay, Tony Abatemarco (Narrator)

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A Doll's House

A Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th-century marriage norms. It aroused great controversy at the time, as it concludes with the protagonist, Nora, leaving her husband and children because she wants to discover herself. Ibsen was inspired by the belief that 'a woman cannot be herself in modern society,' since it is 'an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint.' Its ideas can also be seen as having a wider application: Michael Meyer argued that the play's theme is not women's rights, but rather 'the need of every individual to find out the kind of person he or she really is and to strive to become that person.' In a speech given to the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1898, Ibsen insisted that he 'must disclaim the honor of having consciously worked for the women's rights movement,' since he wrote 'without any conscious thought of making propaganda,' his task having been 'the description of humanity.' In 2006, the centennial of Ibsen's death, A Doll's House held the distinction of being the world's most performed play for that year. UNESCO has inscribed Ibsen's autographed manuscripts of A Doll's House on the Memory of the World Register in 2001, in recognition of their historical value. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated to bringing to the forefront the amazing works of long dead and truly talented authors.

Henrik Ibsen (Author), Phil Chenevert (Narrator)

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A Doll's House - A Play in Three Acts (Unabridged)

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is set in a Norwegian town circa 1879. Synopsis: The play opens at Christmas time as Nora Helmer enters her home carrying many packages. Nora's husband Torvald is working in his study when she arrives. He playfully rebukes her for spending so much money on Christmas gifts, calling her his 'little squirrel.' He teases her about how the previous year she had spent weeks making gifts and ornaments by hand because money was scarce. This year Torvald is due a promotion at the bank where he works, so Nora feels that they can let themselves go a little. The maid announces two visitors: Mrs. Kristine Linde, an old friend of Nora's, who has come seeking employment; and Dr. Rank, a close friend of the family, who is let into the study. Kristine has had a difficult few years, ever since her husband died leaving her with no money or children. Nora says that things have not been easy for them either: Torvald became sick, and they had to travel to Italy so he could recover. Kristine explains that when her mother was ill she had to take care of her brothers, but now that they are grown she feels her life is 'unspeakably empty.' Nora promises to talk to Torvald about finding her a job. Kristine gently tells Nora that she is like a child. Nora is offended, so she tells her that she got money from 'some admirer' so they could travel to Italy to improve Torvald's health.

Henrik Ibsen (Author), Alana Jordan, Anna Simon, David Muncaster, Elizabeth Klett, Jordan Schneider, Miranda Stinson (Narrator)

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A Doll's House [unabridged]

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Henrik Ibsen (Author), Robin Laree Berry (Narrator)

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A Doll’s House (Unabridged)

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Nora Helmer. Wife, mother, everything society expects. But beneath the perfect facade lies a chilling secret. A desperate act to save her husband, a web of deceit, and a truth threatening to shatter their world. As the shadows lengthen, Nora is forced to confront a horrifying reality: the life she has built is a beautiful cage. Will she remain the dutiful doll, or will she fight for a freedom she never dared to dream of? Witness the shattering of a dollhouse in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, a timeless tale of betrayal, societal constraints, and the fight for one's true self.

Henrik Ibsen (Author), Digital Voice Marcus G (Narrator)

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An Enemy of the People

When a small town relies on tourists flocking to its baths, will a report of dangerously polluted waters be enough to shut them down? Henrik Ibsen weighs the cost of public health versus a town’s livelihood in An Enemy of the People. Also includes an interview with Joel K. Bourne, Jr., former senior environment editor for National Geographic, on man-made environmental disasters, climate change, and the state of the world's water supply. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, featuring: Richard Kind, Gregory Harrison, Rosalind Ayres, Emily Swallow, Josh Stamberg, Tom Virtue, Alan Shearman, Alan Mandell, and Jon Matthews. Additional voices by Sam Boeck, William Hickman, Adam Mondschein, Julia Coulter, and Jeff Gardner. Directed by Martin Jarvis. An Enemy of the People is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed play. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

Henrik Ibsen, Henrik Ibsen Adapted By Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Author), Adam Mondschein, Alan Mandell, Alan Shearman, Emily Swallow, Gregory Harrison, Jeff Gardner, Jon Matthews, Josh Stamberg, Julia Coulter, Richard Kind, Rosalind Ayres, Sam Boeck, Tom Virtue, Various Performers, William Hickman (Narrator)

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Brand

Inflamed by what he saw as his Norwegian homeland's shocking betrayal of Denmark after the Prussian invasion of Danish territory, Ibsen wrote "Brand" as an indictment of human complacency and rigidity of mind. Composing this "dramatic poem" from his self-imposed exile in Italy, Ibsen had long agonized over the stodgy provincialism of his countrymen, but the abandonment of Denmark took on the dimensions in his imagination of a human tragedy far surpassing his own personal experiences. Brand is a priest who refuses to compromise, at the cost of great suffering to others, and who lives by unrealizable ideals. The play revolves around a cast of remarkable characters, such as Gerd the mad peasant girl with delusions of God; Ejnar the complacent artist; and Agnes the devoted lover. Ibsen's breakthrough work, "Brand" could be seen as the true beginning of Ibsen's career, and although (or because?) it was at the time the most fiercely-debated work of literature in Scandinavian history, it always remained one of the playwright's favorite productions. The true genius of the work lies in the judicious balance of its indictment of philistine complacency and its warning against intolerant zealotry. The ambiguous character of Brand himself, principled and heroic while flawed, was seen by Ibsen as representing himself at his best. "Give Nothing, or give All," said Brand, over and over, with stirring consequences.. Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of realism" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House became the world's most performed play by the early 20th century. Several of his plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when European theatre was required to model strict morals of family life and propriety. Ibsen's work examined the realities that lay behind many façades, revealing much that was disquieting to many contemporaries. It utilized a critical eye and free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality.

Henrik Ibsen (Author), Expatriate (Narrator)

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Die ZEIT-Edition 'Märchen Klassik für kleine Hörer' - Nussknacker und Mausekönig und Peer Gynt mit M

Ein Nussknacker liegt an Weihnachten für Marie auf dem Gabentisch. Mitten in der Nacht erwacht die Holzpuppe zum Leben, denn der Nussknacker hat noch eine alte Rechnung mit dem Mausekönig offen. Ein turbulenter Kampf bricht los. // Peter Tschaikowski (1840-1893) war ein russischer Komponist, der seit seinem fünften Lebensjahr Klavier spielte und zunächst in St. Petersburg als Beamter arbeitete. Anton Rubinstein förderte sein Musikstudium und fortan ging Tschaikowskis Musik um die Welt. //// Der Träumer Peer begibt sich mit Fernweh und Abenteuerlust auf eine weite Reise. Er ist sich sicher, dass er eines Tages der Kaiser der Welt sein wird. Das Herz der daheimgebliebenen schönen Solveig hat er schon im Sturm erobert, doch es warten viele Prüfungen auf ihn. // Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) war ein norwegischer Pianist und Komponist, der am Leipziger Konservatorium Musik studierte. Als Dirigent unternahm er Konzertreisen in ganz Europa und unterhielt Freundschaften zu vielen wichtigen Komponisten. Sein bekanntestes Werk ist 'Peer Gynt'.

E.T.A. Hoffmann, Henrik Ibsen (Author), Almut Rau, Anna-Maria Böhm, Christian Bergmann, Dominik Paul Weber, Emil Schwarz, Frank Logemann, Friedrich Bochröder, Gerhard Fehn, Hildegard Meier, Jana Rahma, Janis Rattenni, Jenny Winkler, Joshua Thevissen, Julia Katharina Stark, Luca Zamperoni, Marvin Thiede, Michael Seeboth, Sebastian Kolb, Silvia Goics, Thomas Hof, Valentin Stroh, Vivian Reufels (Narrator)

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Ghosts

Controversy and hidden pasts are suddenly and painfully exposed as wealthy widow Mrs Alving prepares to open a new orphanage in memory of her seemingly beloved husband. Her treasured son Oswald's return from Paris and her relationship with old friend Pastor Manders are no longer the source of joy they once were, as secrets are turned into a frightening and desperate reality.

Henrik Ibsen (Author), Caroline John, Helen Oakleigh, Trevor Cooper (Narrator)

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Ghosts (Unabridged)

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Unveil the dark secrets lurking within a wealthy family. 'Ghosts,' a haunting tale by Henrik Ibsen, follows the captivating Mrs. Alving as she grapples with a web of lies spun by her deceased husband. Her son Oswald returns home, blissfully unaware of the legacy of hypocrisy that taints their name. As chilling truths surface, a shocking revelation about a hidden family member emerges. Will the weight of the past destroy their fragile present? Listen to 'Ghosts' and discover the price of deceit in a family consumed by shadows.

Henrik Ibsen (Author), Digital Voice Marcus G (Narrator)

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Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler, a deceased General's daughter, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of middleclass tedium stretching ahead when they return from a honeymoon they could not afford to a house they cannot afford. Increasingly, she is drawn into the clutches of her admirer, Judge Brack, who seeks to establish a menage a trois. Then a former flame arrives in the brilliant but dissolute Eilert Lovborg to rival her husband for an academic post. After a drunken orgy, the manuscript of Lovborg's treatise falls into her hands and she destroys it. Discovery traps her, her romantic ideas are shattered, and there seems only one way out of the net - the pistols of her father, the General.

Henrik Ibsen (Author), A Full Cast, Emma Fielding, Juliet Stevenson, Michael Maloney, Philip Voss (Narrator)

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Hedda Gabler

One of the four profound plays of Ibsen's late period (along with "The Master Builder," "John Gabriel Borkman," and "When We Dead Awaken"), "Little Eyolf" tells the story of Albert Allmers, a writer who has yearned to leave behind a literary or philosophical legacy of some kind, but who finally decides to invest that yearning in the life of his little handicapped son, Eyolf. Rita Allmers loves her husband so obsessively that she hates any rival for his affection, whether it be Allmer's literary magnum opus, Little Eyolf himself, or Albert's strangely devoted sister Asta. Little Eyolf's tragic death, possibly orchestrated by the eldritch old Rat-Wife, brings about a psychological climax among the three adults, as they reveal to each other deep conflicts of love and hate, complex erotic desires, raw honesty about their emotional emptiness in the face of human tragedy, and the realization that all that really matters to any one of them is Life itself. The famous H. L. Mencken heads a team effort committed to the colloquial, lucid rendition of this alternative translation. Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of realism" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House became the world's most performed play by the early 20th century. Several of his plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when European theatre was required to model strict morals of family life and propriety. Ibsen's work examined the realities that lay behind many façades, revealing much that was disquieting to many contemporaries. It utilized a critical eye and free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality.

Henrik Ibsen (Author), Expatriate (Narrator)

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