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The poet and novelist on having his heart broken by Animal Farm, imagining Ibsen and Chekhov characters as Nigerian, and ditching physics for Plato

We never know when our final moment will come or what we’ll say when it does. But some people have left behind “last words” that are impossible to forget. The post 45 People Share The Most Iconic ‘Last Words’ In History first appeared on Bored Panda.

Productions of this Norwegian play seem to be either sublime or awful: this one is very, very good indeed.

Despite being panned as ‘a dirty act done publicly’ on its London premiere, the tragedy is now regarded as a classic – here are three productions that radically shifted our perspective

A demanding director drives his cast into discomforting areas in this clever play critiquing the patriarchal power structures of the movie business

Having long been tipped as the next Nobel laureate, the Norwegian writer has this year been awarded the prize. For those new to the acclaimed playwright and novelist, here are some good ways in

It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and performed in February 1895, Ibsen’s A Doll’s House was already 16 years old. Both plays, in different ways, expose the foundations of society (marriage; class; money; property) to searching critique.

Radio and television producer who was head of plays at the BBC and steered productions of work by Harold Pinter, Alan Plater, Ibsen, Strindberg and Athol Fugard

The Oscar winner makes for an exceptional Nora in a visually muted yet emotionally effective remount of Ibsen’s classic drama