Posterity (play)
| Posterity | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Doug Wright |
| Directed by | Doug Wright |
| Date premiered | 25 February 2015 |
| Place premiered | Atlantic Theatre Company |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | sculpting, legacy, art, death |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | 1901 Norway |
Posterity is a 2015 play written and directed by the Pulitzer Prize-award-winning American playwright Doug Wright. The play focuses on the 1901 encounters between Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland and famed playwright Henrik Ibsen, when the latter sat for a series of sessions to have his bust sculpted. It premiered off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company's Linda Gross Theater