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Henrik Ibsen
PEER GYNT
(Illustrated Edition)
Published by
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- Advanced Digital Solutions & High-Quality eBook Formatting -
2017 OK Publishing
ISBN 978-80-272-3702-9
Table of Contents
The Characters
Act First
Scene First
Scene Second
Scene Third
Act Second
Scene First
Scene Second
Scene Third
Scene Fourth
Scene Fifth
Scene Sixth
Scene Seventh
Scene Eighth
Act Third
Scene First
Scene Second
Scene Third
Scene Fourth
Act Fourth
Scene First
Scene Second
Scene Third
Scene Fourth
Scene Fifth
Scene Sixth
Scene Seventh
Scene Eighth
Scene Ninth
Scene Tenth
Scene Eleventh
Scene Twelfth
Scene Thirteenth
Act Fifth
Scene First
Scene Second
Scene Third
Scene Fourth
Scene Fifth
Scene Sixth
Scene Seventh
Scene Eighth
Scene Ninth
Scene Tenth
List of Illustrations
1 Peer before the King of the Trolls
2 Aase on the Mill-house Roof
3 Peer among the Wedding Guests
4 Peer and Solveig at the Wedding
5 Peer follows the Woman in Green
6 The Dance of the Trolls
7 Peer and the Troll Witch
8 The Death of Aase
9 Anitra's Dance
10 Peer and the Statue of Memnon
11 Peer and the Threadballs
12 The Thin Person
Peer before the King of the Trolls
The Characters
ÅSE, a peasant’s widow.
PEER GYNT, her son.
TWO OLD WOMEN with corn-sacks.
ASLAK, a smith.
WEDDING–GUESTS.
A MASTER–COOK, A FIDDLER, etc.
A MAN AND WIFE, newcomers to the district.
SOLVEIG and LITTLE HELGA, their daughters.
THE FARMER AT HEGSTAD.
INGRID, his daughter.
THE BRIDEGROOM and His PARENTS.
THREE SAETER–GIRLS.
A GREEN–CLAD WOMAN.
THE OLD MAN OF THE DOVRE.
A TROLL–COURTIER.
SEVERAL OTHERS.
TROLL–MAIDENS and TROLL–URCHINS.
A COUPLE OF WITCHES.
BROWNIES, NIXIES, GNOMES, etc.
AN UGLY BRAT.
A VOICE IN THE DARKNESS.
BIRD–CRIES.
KARI, a cottar’s wife.
Master COTTON, Monsieur BALLON, Herren VON EBERKOPF and TRUMPETERSTRALE, gentlemen on their travels.
A THIEF and A RECEIVER.
ANITRA, daughter of a Bedouin chief.
ARABS, FEMALE SLAVES, DANCING–GIRLS, etc.
THE MEMNON–STATUE (singing).
THE SPHINX AT GIZEH (muta persona).
PROFESSOR BEGRIFFENFELDT, Dr. Phil., director of the madhouse at Cairo.
HUHU, a language-reformer from the coast of Malabar.
HUSSEIN, an eastern Minister.
A FELLAH, with a royal mummy.
SEVERAL MADMEN, with their KEEPERS.
A NORWEGIAN SKIPPER and HIS CREW.
A STRANGE PASSENGER.
A PASTOR.
A FUNERAL–PARTY.
A PARISH–OFFICER.
A BUTTON–MOULDER.
A LEAN PERSON.
[The action, which opens in the beginning of the nineteenth century, and ends around the 1860’s, takes place partly in Gudbrandsdalen, and on the mountains around it, partly on the coast of Morocco, in the desert of Sahara, in a madhouse at Cairo, at sea, etc.]
Act First
Scene First
[A wooded hillside near ÅSE’s farm. A river rushes down the slope. On the further side of it an old mill shed. It is a hot day in summer.]
[PEER GYNT, a strongly-built youth of twenty, comes down the pathway. His mother, ÅSE, a small, slightly built woman, follows him, scolding angrily.]
Åse
Peer, you’re lying!
Peer [without stopping]
No, I am not!
Åse
Well then,