Worldwide Events Set to Honor Dramatist

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From: AP Online
Date: 20060522
Author:DOUG MELLGREN, Associated Press Writer

DOUG MELLGREN, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-22-2006
Dateline: OSLO, Norway


This 1863 photo by D.G. Nyblin, originally provided by the National Library of Norway shows Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen who died in 1906. To commemorate the anniversary Tuesday, May 23, 2006, the work of the Norwegian dramatist is being performed by rap artists, ballet dancers, Chinese opera singers and robots. His plays are being staged in front of the Sphinx in Egypt and at universities in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/National Library of Norway, D.G. Nyblin, 1863)

The main character in Henrik Ibsen's 1892 play ...

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