Peer Gynt birthplace, where Ibsen claims he found inspiration for the character "Peer Gynt", and is regarded by many as the most authentic version. The play is performed by professional actors from the national theater institutions, and nearly 80 local amateur actors. The music to the play is inspired by the original theatre music by Edvard Grieg - the "Peer Gynt suite". The play is one of the most popular theater productions in Norway, attracting more than 12,000 people every summer. The festival also holds the Peer Gynt Prize, which is a national Norwegian honor prize given to a person or institution
Hedda Gabler produced by Shanghai's Hangzhou XiaoBaiHua Yue Opera House. An adaptation with a lesbian relationship was staged in Philadelphia in 2009 by Mauckingbird Theatre Company. A production at Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts featured a male actor, Sean Peter Drohan, in the title role. Philip Kan Gotanda 'loosely' adapted Hedda Gabler into his 2002 play, "The Wind Cries Mary". A prostitute in the feature film "" is named Hedda Gobbler. The 2009 album "Until the Earth Begins to Part" by Scottish folk indie-rock band Broken Records features a song, "If Eilert Løvborg Wrote A Song, It Would Sound Like