Theatre for a New Audience’s Open Books Series: Mark B. Sandberg, Ibsen’s Houses

Henrik Ibsen’s plays engaged his public through a strategic use of metaphors of house and home, which resonated with experiences of displacement, philosophical homelessness, and exile. The most famous of these metaphors – embodied by the titles of his plays A Doll’s House, Pillars of Society, and The Master Builder – have entered into mainstream Western thought in ways that mask the full force of the reversals Ibsen performed on notions of architectural space. Analyzing literary and performance-related reception materials from Ibsen’s lifetime, Mark B. Sandberg concentrates on the interior dramas of the playwright’s prose-play cycle, and reveals how Ibsen became a master of the modern uncanny.

Theatre for a New Audience’s Open Books is our series of lively, engaging conversations with the authors of some of American theatre’s most acclaimed new books. These free public talks are curated and moderated by the Theatre’s Literary Advisor, Jonathan Kalb, and include a Q&A with the author and a book signing. With their reservation, guests are offered complimentary refreshments from our Food & Drink counter.

Event is held at:

Polonsky Shakespeare Center
262 Ashland Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217











When: Mon., May. 8, 2017 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Henrik Ibsen’s plays engaged his public through a strategic use of metaphors of house and home, which resonated with experiences of displacement, philosophical homelessness, and exile. The most famous of these metaphors – embodied by the titles of his plays A Doll’s House, Pillars of Society, and The Master Builder – have entered into mainstream Western thought in ways that mask the full force of the reversals Ibsen performed on notions of architectural space. Analyzing literary and performance-related reception materials from Ibsen’s lifetime, Mark B. Sandberg concentrates on the interior dramas of the playwright’s prose-play cycle, and reveals how Ibsen became a master of the modern uncanny.

Theatre for a New Audience’s Open Books is our series of lively, engaging conversations with the authors of some of American theatre’s most acclaimed new books. These free public talks are curated and moderated by the Theatre’s Literary Advisor, Jonathan Kalb, and include a Q&A with the author and a book signing. With their reservation, guests are offered complimentary refreshments from our Food & Drink counter.

Event is held at:

Polonsky Shakespeare Center
262 Ashland Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217

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