![]() ![]() In 2006, the centennial of Ibsen's death, A Doll's House held the distinction of being the world's most performed play that year. ![]() It was a great sensation at the time, and caused a "storm of outraged controversy" that went beyond the theatre to the world of newspapers and society. The play concerns the fate of a married woman, who at the time in Norway lacked reasonable opportunities for self-fulfillment in a male-dominated world, despite the fact that Ibsen denied it was his intent to write a feminist play. The play is set in a Norwegian town circa 1879. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The home of the Helmer family in an unspecified Norwegian town or city, circa 1879.Ī Doll's House ( Danish and Bokmål: Et dukkehjem also translated as A Doll House) is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The awakening of a middle-class wife and mother. ![]()
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