The History of Production: A Doll House

“A Doll House” was written in 1879 by Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian Playwright. It is a play about the role of women in Ibsen's time. Nora is a major character, who struggles to bring happiness to her family. When her husband Torvald is sick, Nora borrows money from her husband's bank to pay for a trip to heal her husband by Krogstad’s help. The play takes place after this trip and we see that Torvald …showed first 75 words of 1246 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1246 total…the theatre had to change too. Instead of seeing Kings and Historical figures on the stage, we would see the common person and their role in society and their environment. Everything (Dialogue, plots, acting etc.) would be all real and be as if the audiences were looking through a keyhole in these people’s lives. There is no doubt that Ibsen's "A Doll's House" would establish the Realism movement and inspire the future of playwrights.