PLAYWRIGHT & PRODUCTION HISTORY

Inspiration for A Doll's House

By Ethan Doskey Perhaps the playwright’s personal connection to the story behind A Doll’s House explains why it rose to such heights and...

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A Doll's House Controversy

By Ethan Doskey A Doll’s House upset and intrigued audiences unlike any play before it. The first performance in 1879 at the Royal...

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Henrik Ibsen

By Ethan Doskey An unlikely industry mover and shaker, Henrik Ibsen was born into a Norwegian mercantile family that was rapidly losing...

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Norway's Economy

By Callie Fabac From the 1840s through 1875, Norway’s economy flourished as a result of agriculture and timber industries. Labor...

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Gender Politics and Social Structure

By Callie Fabac The era of Norwegian Nationalist Romanticism caused more liberal thinking and policy, leading to social reform for women....

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Modernism

“Ibsen gave the stage its first distinctively modern characters: complex, contradictory individuals driven by a desire for something -...

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Politics in Norway

By Callie Fabac All through the 19th Century, Norway’s political situation changed rapidly as the country sought independence. Norway...

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