Playwright
The Resume
(March 20, 1828-May 23, 1906)
Wrote 'Catilina (1850),' 'Love's Comedy (1862),' 'The Pretenders (1863),' 'Brand (1866),' 'Peer Gynt (1867),' 'Pillars Of Society (1877),' 'A Doll's House (1879),' 'The Wild Duck (1884),' 'The Lady Of The Sea (1888)' and 'Hedda Gabler (1890)'
Why he might be annoying
He suffered from depression.
Many of his plays moralized.
He deserted his bankrupt parents to escape their disgrace.
He was obsessed with the idea of the romantic rebel with a destructive mistress.
Why he might not be annoying
He wrote many of his finest works after he left Norway.
He wrote 'Peer Gynt,' for which Edvard Grieg wrote a famous score.
His plays didn't always end 'happily ever after.'
He was hated by the critics, but he rejuvenated 19th Century theatre.
Credit: Fantom
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Year In Review:
For 2010, as of last week, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
For 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 25 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 85 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 95 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 182 Votes: 50.55% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 234 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 506 Votes: 50.79% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1481 Votes: 49.70% Annoying
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