Peer Gynt Prize Peer Gynt Prize The Peer Gynt Prize or the Peer Gynt Award ("Årets Peer Gynt" or "Per Gynt-prisen") is a private Norwegian prize presented annually by the private commercial company "Peer Gynt AS" during the Peer Gynt Festival, also organised by the same company. The Peer Gynt Prize is named after the main character in "Peer Gynt" (1867), a five-act play in verse by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. The prize is awarded to people or institutions who has marked themselves in a positive way nationally and internationally. However, the prize has received criticism for misrepresenting the Peer Gynt character, who
Two River Theater Cookery, Peer Gynt, The House of Blue Leaves" 2000/2001 "Arms and the Man, La Bệte, American Buffalo, The Heiress" 1999/2000 "Blood Wedding, Uncle Vanya, The Fantasticks, Light Up the Sky" 1998/1999 "The Real Thing, Thieves’ Carnival, Hedda Gabler, Noises Off" 1997/1998 "The Dining Room, The Glass Menagerie, Machinal, The Importance of Being Earnest" 1996/1997 "A View from the Bridge, Reckless, Betrayal, Blithe Spirit" 1995/1996 "Nora, The Illusion, The Curse of the Starving Class, All in the Timing" 1994/1995 "The Cocktail Hour, The Heidi Chronicles, Misalliance" "ReEntry" (January 2009), "Orestes" (March 2010), "Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England" (October 2011), "