SECOND STOP: Norway

First test: Clue number 3:

Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828, in Norway, and died May 23, 1906. He was a poet and a theatre director who is referred as “the father” of modern drama and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen

His plays are still highly topical, and continue to be staged in all parts of the world. People said that Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare.
http://www.pnt-pal.org/Ghosts/intro/Henrik%20Ibsen1.pdf

When European theater was required to model strict mores of family life and propriety, the plays that he wrote were considered scandalous because he utilized a critical eye and free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality like shocking domestic life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen
WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE MOST FAMOUS PLAY WRITTEN IN 1879?:

A Doll's House is an 1879 play written by Ibsen one year after The Pillars of Society. This is his most famous work. The play tell the story about Nora, a woman that abandoned her husband and children to discover her own worth as a human being.
http://summarycentral.tripod.com/adollshouse.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Doll's_House

NAME 3 OTHER PLAYS:
His works are divided in few types; here you have one of each type.
National-romantic and historical dramas:
“The dramas from Catiline”

Realistic contemporary dramas:
“Pillars of society”

Psychological and symbolical dramas:
“The wild duck”

Where is his museum?:

The Ibsen Museum is located in Henrik Ibsen's gate 26 in Oslo, next to the Royal Castle. It is run by Norsk Folkemuseum. (Henrik Ibsensgate 26, Oslo)

http://www.norskfolkemuseum.no/en/Related-units/The-Ibsen-Museum/

HOW MUCH IS IT TO GET IN?:

Including guided tour of Ibsen's apartment:
Adults: NOK 85,-
Students, seniors and groups: NOK 60,-
Children: NOK 25,-
Children under 6 years: Free
Families: NOK 170,-

http://www.norskfolkemuseum.no/en/Related-units/The-Ibsen-Museum

Belén Muriel