The Wild Duck

E499661
play stage work tragicomedy

The Wild Duck is a tragicomedy play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen that explores family secrets, self-deception, and the destructive pursuit of idealism.

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Label Occurrences
The Wild Duck canonical 4
The Daughter (adaptation of The Wild Duck) 1
The Wild Duck (2011 Belvoir production) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ
author Henrik Ibsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralSymbol wild duck ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Norway ⓘ
creator Henrik Ibsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
dramaticForm five-act play ⓘ
explores conflict between truth and happiness ⓘ
consequences of idealism ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
guilt and responsibility ⓘ
illusion as a coping mechanism ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1885 ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1884 ⓘ
genre tragicomedy ⓘ
hasCharacter Gina Ekdal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gregers Werle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hedvig Ekdal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hjalmar Ekdal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Håkon Werle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jensen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Molvik NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mrs. Sørby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Ekdal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pettersen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Relling NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTone comic ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 19th century literature ⓘ
mainTheme family secrets ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
self-deception ⓘ
truth and illusion ⓘ
movement modern drama ⓘ
realism ⓘ
notableFor complex psychological characterization ⓘ
critique of idealism ⓘ
symbolic use of animals ⓘ
originalLanguage Norwegian ⓘ
originalTitle Vildanden NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Henrik Ibsen's dramatic works ⓘ
setting Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
title The Wild Duck NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Henrik Ibsen NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henrik Ibsen → notableWork → The Wild Duck ⓘ
Suzanna Hamilton → notableWork → The Wild Duck ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wild Duck (stage production)
The Daughter → basedOn → The Wild Duck ⓘ
The Daughter → sourceMaterialTitle → The Wild Duck ⓘ
Simon Stone → notableWork → The Wild Duck ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wild Duck (Belvoir adaptation)
Simon Stone → notableWork → The Wild Duck ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Daughter (adaptation of The Wild Duck)
Simon Stone → notableWork → The Wild Duck ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wild Duck (2011 Belvoir production)
William Archer → translated → The Wild Duck ⓘ