Posterity
by Doug Wright
Synopsis
THE STORY: Norway’s most celebrated sculptor, Gustav Vigeland, is commissioned to create the last official bust of its most famous writer—the irascible, imperious, and inscrutable Henrik Ibsen.
The two artists, each needing something from the other, wage war over both the creation of Ibsen’s likeness and the prospects of his legacy.
With his inimitable wit and insight, Doug Wright explores the nature of artistic success and the fear of being forgotten.
Press Reviews
"Very little is known about the 1901 encounters between Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland and famed playwright Henrik Ibsen, when the latter sat for a series of sessions to have his bust sculpted. But that hasn’t stopped playwright Doug Wright, author of the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award®-winning I Am My Own Wife, from imagining what their interplay might have been. The writing is undeniably smart…and the insightful dialogue illuminates both main characters."
— The Hollywood Reporter
"Even after the lights fade, Wright’s words will not. POSTERITY is likely to keep more than a few audience members up at night thinking about what they’re leaving behind after they’re gone."
— TheaterMania
Publication
Posterity is a play written by Doug Wright and published by Dramatists Play Service (2015).
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Dramatists Play Service · 2015 · 62 pp
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