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...

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...

Henrik Ibsen

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

Norway's Economy

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

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....

Modernism

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

Politics in Norway

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