Back السيدة من البحر Arabic Paní z moře Czech Die Frau vom Meer German La dama del mar Spanish La Dame de la mer French האישה מן הים HE La donna del mare (Ibsen) Italian Fruen fra havet Dutch Fruen fra Havet NN Fruen fra havet NB
| The Lady from the Sea | |
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| Written by | Henrik Ibsen |
| Characters | Ellida Wangel Dr Wangel The Stranger Hilde Wangel Bolette Wangel Arnholm Lyngstrand Ballestad |
| Date premiered | 12 February 1889 |
| Place premiered | Kristiania and Weimar (simultaneous Norwegian and German premieres) |
| Original language | Norwegian |
| Subject | Marriage, freedom |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Setting | A town by a fjord |
The Lady from the Sea (Norwegian: Fruen fra havet) is a play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen inspired by the ballad Agnete og Havmanden.[1] The drama introduces the character of Hilde Wangel who is again portrayed in Ibsen's later play The Master Builder. The character portrayal of Hilde Wangel has been portrayed twice in contemporary film, most recently in the 2014 film titled A Master Builder.
- ^ Per Schelde Jacobsen and Barbara Fass Leavy, Ibsen's Forsaken Merman: Folklore in the Late Plays (New York: New York University Press, 1988).