Ghosts

play by Henrik Ibsen from 1881

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Written by: Henrik Ibsen
Characters: Mrs. Helen Alving Oswald Alving Pastor Manders Jacob Engstrand Regina Engstrand
Date premiered: 20 May 1882 ( 1882-05-20 )
Place premiered: Aurora Turner Hall in Chicago , Illinois
Original language: Danish
Subject: Morality
Genre: Naturalistic / realistic problem play
Setting: The country home of the Alving family beside one of the large fjords in Western Norway

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Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1983-1118-005, Berlin, "Gespenster".jpg

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title: Kísértetek
date of first performance: 1882-05-20
inception: 1881-00-00
Commons category: Ghosts (Ibsen play)
publication date: 1881-00-00
work available at URL: www.projekt-gutenberg.org/ibsen/gespenst/gespenst.html

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Ghosts (Danish: Gengangere) is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was written in Danish and published in 1881, and first staged in 1882 in Chicago, Illinois, US, performed in Danish.

Like many of Ibsen's plays, Ghosts is a scathing commentary on 19th-century morality. Because of its subject matter, which includes religion, venereal disease, incest, and euthanasia, it immediately generated strong controversy and adverse criticism.