Edward Martyn’s «debt» to Ibsen and his work An Enemy of the People
Keywords:
Ibsen, Martyn, An Enemy of the People, The Heather Field, Irish theatreAbstract
In this article I will try to show how the influence of the play An Enemy of the People, by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, on the play The Heather Field, by Irish playwright Edward Martyn, so far never analysed in a sufficiently detailed way, is too obvious and pervasive to not be taken into account. In this way, An Enemy of the People, together with Ibsen’s The Wild Duck, The Master Builder, Ghosts, John Gabriel Borkman, Rosmersholm and Little Eyolf can be counted as influences on The Heather Field.References
HOGAN, R. (1983). ‘Since O’Casey’ and other essays on Irish Drama (Irish Literary Studies 15). Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire: Colin Smythe: pág. 43.
IBSEN, H. (2001). An Enemy of the People. Translated by Farquharson Sharp. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication. The Pennsylvania State University.
MARTYN, E. Y NOLAN, J. (2003). The Tulira Trilogy of Edward Martyn (1859-1923), Irish Symbolist Dramatist. With an Introduction by Jerry Nolan. Lampeter, Ceredigion: The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd.
SETTERQUIST, J. (1974). Ibsen and the Beginnings of Anglo-Irish Drama/2 Volumes in 1. New York: Gordian Pr.
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