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