Ibsen, Henrik Johan

Simon Stephens has been the recipient of both the Pearson Award for Best New Play 2001-2 for his play "Port", and the Olivier Award for Best New Play 2005 for "On the Shore of the Wide World". His recent plays include "Harper Regan" (National Theatre), "Punk Rock" (Lyric Hammersmith/Royal Exchange, Manchester), "Pornography" (Traverse and Birmingham Rep), "Wastwater" (Royal Court and Wiener Festwochen), "The Trial of Ubu" (Hampstead Theatre) and "Three Kingdoms" (Lyric Hammersmith).Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) was a Norwegian playwright and poet whose realistic, symbolic and often controversial pl...