Mr. Punch's Pocket Ibsen

About this film

LibriVox recording of Mr. Punch's Pocket Ibsen by F. Anstey. Read in English by a full cast. These short comic parodies of five well-known tragedies by Henrik Ibsen originally appeared in Punch, the British humor magazine. From the prefatory note: "The author is conscious that his imitation is painfully lacking in the mysterious obscurity of the original, that the vein of allegorical symbolism is thinner throughout than it should be, and that the characters are not nearly so mad as persons invariably are in real life—but these are the faults inevitable to a prentice hand, and he trusts that due allowances may be made for them by the critical." LibriVox has produced full-cast versions of all five plays that F. Anstey parodies in this collection: Rosmersholm , A Doll's House , Hedda Gabler , The Wild Duck , and The Master Builder . - Summary by Elizabeth Klett For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (62MB)

Directors & creators

F. Anstey

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; ibsen; parody

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