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On Thursday, August 22, you can meet Öde Nerdrum and Einar Bøhn, who will talk about what having read all of Ibsen does to us.
They also read some of their favorite excerpts from Ibsen's works. You may recognize the duo from the podcast Öde og Einar leser Ibsen.
The two have been in hot water with some of their Ibsen interpretations. Not many people dare to stand up to established Ibsen scholars, including Telemark Museum's own Jørgen Haave.
Do they have a point in their interpretations? Come and hear for yourself! This evening, they will talk about what it has been like to delve deeply into all of Ibsen's works. Perhaps the two of them will get another dimension to think about when they visit the place where it all started in many ways.
At Venstøp, little Henrik had his own room where he locked himself in to read books. Both the Bible and Harrison's History of London were his favorites.
Harrison's History of London is an important symbol in The Wild Duck, and it links Ibsen's literature to Venstøp. Many biographers speculate on possible memories and feelings from childhood that are later turned into poetry, but Harrison's History of London is a concrete object from Ibsen's biography that appears in literature.
