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Henrik Ibsen's psychodramas still grip the world 100 years after his death

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

DOUG MELLGREN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-22-2006
Dateline: OSLO, Norway
The main character in Henrik Ibsen's 1892 play "The Master Builder" exclaims: "The younger generation will come knocking at my door."

One hundred years after his death, new generations are doing just that, in ways he could never have imagined.

To commemorate Tuesday's anniversary, 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. A conference on ...

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