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
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