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易卜生是19世纪挪威著名戏剧师、诗人，是现实主义文学代表人物之一、欧洲近代戏剧的奠基人。本书收录了易卜生负有盛名的四部戏剧：《玩偶之家》《群鬼》《海达•加布勒》《建筑师》。它们立足生活实际，从多方面剖析社会问题，揭露和批判的锋芒直指资产阶级社会的种种弊端，触及到法律、宗教、道德乃至国家、政党、体制等各个领域，是阅读、理解易卜生戏剧的重要资料。

本书收录易卜生负有盛名的四部戏剧：《玩偶之家》《群鬼》《海达•加布勒》《建筑师》。《玩偶之家》1879年在斯堪的纳维亚首演时即引起了轰动。在该剧以及随后的《群鬼》中，易卜生揭露了一个自以为义的伪善社会中一些未经检验的观点；作者清晰地描绘了女主人公们对社会的观察，以及她们所处的地位，即使在今天作者认识之深刻依然令人惊讶。《海达•加布勒》与《建筑师》将焦点从社会给女性施加的压力，转向人企图控制他人时，对他人施加的压力。正如一位当代评论家所说，海达•加布勒是“一个不择手段的野心家”；她是一个有缺陷的理想主义者，在个人困境中痛苦挣扎。

Introduction
Select Bibliography
Chronology of Henrik Ibsen
A Doll’s House
Ghosts
Hedda Gabler
The Master Builder

亨利克·易卜生，亨利克•易卜生，19世纪挪威戏剧师，欧洲近代戏剧的奠基人，对现代戏剧的发展影响深远。其戏剧创作以严峻的真实、深邃的思想和精湛的艺术，在现代戏剧史上占有十分重要的地位，代表作有诗剧《彼尔•金特》，社会悲剧《玩偶之家》《群鬼》《人民公敌》《海达•加布勒》等，象征性剧作《野鸭》《当我们死而复醒时》等。

Ghosts
[Gengangere]
A DOMESTIC DRAMA IN THREE ACTS
(1881)
Translated by James McFarlane
CHARACTERS
MRS.HELENE ALVING,widow of Captain(and Chamberlain)Alving
OSWALD ALVING,her son,an artist
PASTOR MANDERS
JACOB ENGSTRAND,a carpenter
REGINE ENGSTRAND,in service with Mrs.Alving
The action takes place on Mrs.Alving’s country estate by one of the large fjords of Western Norway
ACT ONE
A spacious garden room,with one door on the left wall,and two on the right.In the centre of the room stands a round table,with chairs around it;books,periodicals,and newspapers are lying on the table.Downstage,left,is a window,and near it a small sofa with a work-table in front of it.The room is continued at the back of the stage into an open and rather narrower conservatory,the walls of which are extensively glazed.In the right wall of the conservatory is a door that leads out into the garden.Through the glass wall may be glimpsed a gloomy fjord landscape,shrouded in steady rain.
JOCAB ENGSTRAND is standing beside the door into the garden.His left leg is somewhat deformed,and he wears a boot with a built-up wooden sole.REGINE,with an empty garden syringe in her hand,is trying to prevent him coming any further.
REGINE[keeping her voice low].What do you want?Stay where you are.You are dripping wet.
ENGSTRAND.It’s God’s own rain,my child.
REGINE.More like the devil’s,you mean.
ENGSTRAND.Lord,the things you say,Regine.[Takes a few limping steps into the room.]But what I wanted to tell you was…
REGINE.Stop clumping about with that foot,man!The young master’s upstairs asleep.
ENGSTRAND.Asleep?At this time of day?
REGINE.That’s got nothing to do with you.
ENGSTRAND.I was out having a few drinks last night….
REGINE.That I can well believe.
ENGSTRAND.Well,we are frail creatures,all of us,my child…
REGINE.We are that.
ENGSTRAND.…and many are the temptations of this world,you know…but still,there was I up and at work at half-past five this morning.
REGINE.Yes,yes,but off you go now.I’m not standing for having rendez-vous’s here with you.
ENGSTRAND.Having what,did you say?
REGINE.I’m not going to have anybody finding you here.So,away you go.
ENGSTRAND[comes a few steps closer].I’m damned if I’m going before I’ve had a word with you.I’ll have that work down at the school-house finished by this afternoon,and I’m taking the night boat home,back to town.
REGINE[mutters].Pleasant journey!
ENGSTRAND.Thank you,my child.You see tomorrow,the Orphanage is being opened,and I expect there’ll be a lot of drinking and such like going on.And nobody’s going to say about Jacob Engstrand that he can’t resist temptation when it comes along.
REGINE.Huh!
ENGSTRAND.There’ll be a lot of posh people tomorrow.And they are expecting Pastor Manders from town as well.
REGINE.He’ll be here today.
ENGSTRAND.There you are,you see.Got to be damned careful I don’t put my foot in it with him,you know.
REGINE.Aha!So that’s it!
ENGSTRAND.So what’s it?
REGINE[looks hard at him].What are you going to try and talk him into this time?
ENGSTRAND.Sh!Are you crazy?Me talk Pastor Manders into anything?Oh no,Pastor Manders has been far too food to me for that.But look,what I really wanted to talk to you about was me going back home again tonight.
REGINE.The sooner the better,as far as I’m concerned.
ENGSTRAND.Yes,but I want you to come with me,Regine.
REGINE[open-mouthed].You want me to….What did you say?
ENGSTRAND.I said I want you to come home with me.