Culture of Norway for his plays, as the first of these were awarded after he published his last play in 1899, playwright Henrik Ibsen is probably the most famous figure in Norwegian literature. Ibsen wrote plays such as "Peer Gynt", "A Doll's House", "Hedda Gabler", and "The Lady from the Sea". Other famous Norwegian writers from the realistic era include Jonas Lie and Alexander Kielland, who are along with Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Henrik Ibsen regarded as the "four greats" of Norwegian literature. Also of importance to the Norwegian literary culture is the Norse literature, and in particular the works of Snorri Sturluson, as
Michael Kahn (theatre director) III", "The Beaux' Stratagem", "Love's Labour's Lost", "Othello", "Lorenzaccio" (world premiere), "Macbeth", "Cyrano", "Five by Tenn", "The Winter's Tale", "The Silent Woman", "The Oedipus Plays", "The Duchess of Malfi", "Timon of Athens", "Don Carlos", "Hedda Gabler", "King Lear", "Coriolanus", "Camino Real", "A Woman of No Importance", "King John", "The Merchant of Venice", "Peer Gynt", "Sweet Bird of Youth", combined "Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 & 3", "Mourning Becomes Electra", "Henry V", "Volpone", combined "Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2", "Richard II", "The Doctor's Dilemma", "Hamlet", "Mother Courage and Her Children", "Much Ado About Nothing", "Measure for Measure", "Richard III", "Twelfth