This article examines 1960s arguments that called for the rejection of naturalism in television drama, and for new modernist forms to be created in its place, through close analysis of three BBC productions of Ibsen: The Wild Duck (Play of the Month, BBC1 1971), Hedda Gabler (Play of the Month, BBC1 1972) and The Lady from the Sea (BBC2 1974). Troy Kennedy Martin’s polemical 1964 essay ‘Nats Go Home’ suggested that television drama had “looked to Ibsen and Shaw for guidance” (relying upon verbally constructed narratives derived from the naturalist theatre) and called for a new, more visual and abstract, modernist form of drama to be created in its place. This new drama would agitate the viewer into forming an objective understanding of events and themes through montage and juxtaposition. Through analysis of three television productions of canonical Ibsen plays, Kennedy Martin’s representation of naturalist drama can be tested, demonstrating how modernist elements within Ibsen’s drama were realised through television adaptation.

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'Nats Go Home'：现代主义、电视和易卜生的三部 BBC 作品（1971-1974）

本文通过仔细分析易卜生的三部 BBC 作品：野鸭（本月剧目，BBC1 1971），探讨了 1960 年代要求在电视剧中拒绝自然主义并创造新的现代主义形式的论点, Hedda Gabler（本月最佳剧集，BBC1 1972）和 The Lady from the Sea（BBC2 1974）。特洛伊·肯尼迪·马丁 (Troy Kennedy Martin) 在 1964 年的论战文章《纳兹回家》(Nats Go Home) 表明，电视剧“向易卜生和肖寻求指导”（依赖于源自自然主义戏剧的口头构建的叙事），并呼吁采用一种新的、更加视觉化和抽象的现代主义形式取而代之的戏剧。这部新剧将通过蒙太奇和并置，激发观众对事件和主题的客观理解。