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
Peer Gynt of 2013, Dr. Cary Mazer, a theatre professor at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, produced a stage version of his Jewish-inspired adaptation, "Pinchas Vontz". The script was produced as a staged reading, with direction by Philadelphia theatre artist Ed Sobel. In 2018, the Liverpool Everyman Theatre staged a 'reimagining' of the play, written by Robert Farquhar and directed by Nick Bagnall, titled The Big I Am. The role of Peer Gynt at different stages of his life was played by three actors: Nathan McMullen, Liam Tobin, and Richard Bremmer. There have been a number of film adaptations including: Peer