The name Henrik Ibsen will be hard to avoid from 24 august to 16 September in Oslo. Norway's national theatre organises its annual Ibsen Stage Festival for the tenth time and backed up by the Ibsen Year 2006 the theatre is setting the field for a gigantic celebration of the renowned author.

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- Ibsen was Norwegian by birth, but universal in spirit, said Liv Ullmann at the opening of the gala celebration at Oslo City Hall on Saturday 14 January. The world was invited to Oslo to demonstrate Ibsen’s significance to the international world of art today. The performance was the kick-off for an international commemoration of Ibsen that will include over four thousand performances in 72...

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