A Doll's House (Translated by R. Farquharson Sharp with an Introduction by William Archer) by Henrik Ibsen

A Doll's House (Translated by R. Farquharson Sharp with an Introduction by William Archer) by Henrik Ibsen

First performed at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 21, 1879, A Doll's House is one of Henrik Ibsen's most famous plays. It is the story of Nora Helmer who has secretly borrowed a large sum of money to help her husband recover from a serious illness, sometime prior to the beginning of the play. Nora who has borrowed this money by forging her father's signature soon fears that her secret will be discovered when her husband, Torvald, becomes director of the bank and fires an associate, Nils Krogstad, who knows of Nora's transgression. When Krogstad threatens to reveal Nora's secret, she begs her husband not to fire him, however, he refuses. The tension that arises in Nora and Torvald's marriage ultimately comes to a head when Torvald finally learns of the forgery. A gripping drama about a failing, loveless marriage, A Doll's House was very controversial when it debuted, because of its critical attitude toward 19th-century marriage norms. Ibsen himself believed that the male dominated society of the 19th-century society failed to allow women to truly be themselves, and thus advocated, through his work, for an advancement of women's rights. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and includes an introduction by William Archer.

Henrik Johan Ibsen was a renowned 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatrical director, and poet who lived from March 20, 1828, to May 23, 1906. He is known as the Father of Realism and one of the founding members of Modernism in theater. Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's Home, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder are among his most famous works. After Shakespeare, he is the most often produced dramatist in the world, with A Doll's House becoming the most widely performed play by the early twentieth century. Several of his plays were considered immoral by many of his contemporaries, at a time when European theater was expected to mirror strong family morality and decency.

It used a critical eye and a free inquiry to life's circumstances and moral dilemmas. Peer Gynt, on the other hand, is a poetic and cinematic play with significant surreal aspects.