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‘Peer Gynt’ in a new translation
St. Edward’s University tackles Henrik Ibesen’s monumental theatrical travelogue exploring one hapless man’s journey of self-discovery from impetuous boyhood to penitent old age.
Spun like the best of the great Nordic fairy tales, “Peer Gynt,” a five-act play in verse. charts the life and fantastical round-the-world voyage of Gynt as he alternately races, stumbles, fights, meanders and crashes around the globe and back again.
Ev Lunning Jr. directs this new translation by Minnesota poet laureate Robert Bly — a cautionary tale at its most epic.
‘Peer Gynt runs’ Feb. 11- 21 at the Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward’s University, 3001 S. Congress Ave. Performances are Thursday - Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets $12-$18.
Sheila Gordon as Asa and Jacob Trussell as Peer Gynt. Photo by Bret Broookshire.
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