'Will undoubtedly help readers to understand what motivated Ibsen'
* British Theatre Guide *Frode Helland is Professor of Scandinavian Literature and Director of the Centre for Ibsen Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is the author of Ibsen in Practice: Relational Readings of Performance, Cultural Encounters and Power (2015).
Julie Holledge FAHA is a Professor at the Centre for Ibsen Studies at the University of Oslo. She has conducted performance research into acting techniques used in the rehearsal of Ibsens plays in Australia, Norway, China, India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Helland and Holledge have collaborated on two previous publications, A Global Dolls House (2016) and Ibsen Between Cultures (2016). They are co-founders of Ibsen Stage (ibsenstage.hf.uio.no), the international database for Ibsen performance.
May-Brit Akerholt is a professional dramaturg and translator. She was the Director of the Australian Playwrights Conference from 19912001, and has translated more than twenty plays by Ibsen, Strindberg and Jon Fosse, which have been performed by most state theatre companies in Australia, the Nationaltheatret in Oslo, and in the UK and USA.