Evening star., 1936-05-03
PUBLIC LIBRARY
GHOSTS. :"

1NdAAIlONd
comes to the National The
ater this week in Ibsen's great
Il social drama, Ghosts" thus
giving the present generation of play
goers an opportunity to see a fine
performance of play that agitated
their fathers and mothers. The Pub
lie Library presents list of references
to material concerning the play, the
dramatist and the actress, which may
be found in the reference and cir
culating collections of the central
library.
"Heredity is nemesis without
her mask the last of the Fates,
and the most terrible"
Ibsen and His Works.
HENRIK IBSEN, by Archibald Hen
derson. fIn his European Dra-
matists,' 1926, p. 73-195) zYD.
1880.
"Mr. Henderson shows much skill
In making clear the personality of the
HENRIK IBSEN, by Edward Dowden
In his Essays, Modern and Eliza
bethan," 1910, p. 26-60D ZY.
D752e.
A critique by distinguished scholar.
HENRIK IBSEN, by Georg Brandes.
On his Creative Spirits of the
Nineteenth Century" 1928, p. 329-
1861 ZY B735c.
Dr. Brandes' essay was written in
1888, after the publication of Ghosts, B"
but before many of Ibsen's dramas
were given to the world.
HENRIK IBSEN, Plays and Prob
lens, by Otto Heller. 1912.
ZY51AIb74h.
Prof. Heller in his study particu-
larly stresses the social or problem
plays and their bearing on every
day life.
HENRIK IBSEN. by Georg Brandes.
1899. ZY51A.Ih.74b.
The distinguished Danish critics
evaluation of IbSen.
IBSEN, by Sir Edmund Gosse. 1907.
E.Ib75g.
One of the Literary Lives" series
by the noted English scholar.
IBSEN IN ENGLAND, by NJ. A. Franc
1919. ZY5lAIb74f.
The writer makes this observation:
"Of all the artists of the nineteenth
century, Wagner and Ibsen stand out
as the best hated Ibsen received
from all Europe fervent praise and
bitter blame"
MODERN DRAMA IN EUROPE, by
Storm Jameson. 1920. ZYD.J238m.
Stark Young, writing in the Yale
Review at the time of its publication,
says of Miss Jamesons study: "A
sane book full of wise insiStence on
the reality and profundity of vision
in dramatists, if they are to write
at all"
THE MODERN IBSEN. by H. j.
Weigand. 1925. ZY51A.Ib74w.
Prof. Weigand designates this work
as a reconsideration of Ibsen, be-
ginning with that trumpet blast call
ing society to account"-"the pillars
of society"
IBSEN, by Havelock Ellis. Gn his
New Spirit" 1921, p. 128-166)
E.9EL56.
This was published in 1890 and was
rated by one critic as "a rare combi-
nation of enthusiasm and tolerance"
THE QUINTESSENCE OF IBSEN-
ISM; now completed to the death
of Ibsen, by G. B. Shaw. 1918.
ZY51A-Ib74s.
Shaw's exposition" as he calls it,
of Ibsen was written for the Fabian
Society's course of lectures in the
Spring of 1890 and later completed.
Ibsen: Magazine Articles.
IBSEN THE PLAYWRIGHT, by
Brander Matthews. Bookman %:
568-575, February, 1906, and %:
1927, March, 1906.
IBSEN: JOURNEYMAN DRAMA
TIST, by H L. Mencken. Dial 63:
1885, October II, 1917.
GHOSTS, criticism. Catholic
World 142: COL, February, 1886.
GHOSTS, a criticism. Theatre Arts
Monthly 20: 97-98, February, 1886.
PORTRAIT OF IBSEN. Literary
Digest 121: 21, January 49, 1896.
Editions of Ghosts.
PROSE DRAMAS OF IBsEN, ed. by
William Archer. 1907. v. 2.
Y51DIb75.
Shaw and others have used the
English translation as the basis for
their critical studies.
GHOSTS, ed by William Archer.
1900. Y51D.Ib75g.E.
GHOSTS, ed. with introduction by
William Archer. 1928. Collected
Works. v. Z. Y51DIb75dg
A DOLLS HOUSE; Enemy of the
People; Ghosts, ed. by William
Archer. 1923. Modern library
edition. Y5lD.Ib75dge.E
MEMORIAL EDITION OF THE
PLAYS OF IBSEN. 1880. Y51D.
Ib75a2E.
ALA Nazimova:
Magazine Articles.
IBSEN'S WOMEN, by ALA Nazimova.
Independent So: sOs-s14, october
II, 1907.
IBsEN ONCE AGAIN: Nazimova's
Revival, by Clayton Hamilton.
Bookman At: 426-431, June, 1918.
HOW A DULL, FAT LITTLE GIRL
BECAME A GREAT ACTRESS, by
M. B. Mullett. American Maga-
zine 90: 1919, April, 1922.
ARTISTS DON'T NEED RUFFLES,
by Katherine Roberts. Golfers
90: 9, December 10, 1882.
NAZIMOVA GOES A-TROUPING,
by Theron Bamberger. Delineator
1873: 64-65, April, 1886.
PORTRAIT OF NAZIMOVA AS MRS.
ALvING IN GHOSTS" Theatre
Arts Monthly 20: lit, February,
1886.