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A Story of a Life Based on Procrastination and Avoidance, in This Week’s Open Thread

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Henrik Ibsen's five-act play, Peer Gynt , premiered in 1876 .

Raymond Williams compares it with August Strindberg's Lucky Peter’s Journey .

Williams argues that both explore a new kind of dramatic action that was beyond the capacity of the theatre of the day .

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