Peer Gynt

In the play "Peer Gynt," characters from folklore are portrayed as ugly and злова creatures, while peasants are depicted as cruel and грубі people. In Norway and Denmark, the play was received very negatively. Hans Christian Andersen, for example, called the work completely meaningless. Over time—mainly thanks to the image of Solveig—there began a rethinking of the play. To a large extent, this was helped by the music of Edvard Grieg, written at Ibsen’s request for a production of "Peer Gynt" and later gaining worldwide fame as an independent musical work.