A Doll's House

A Doll's House (1879)
by Henrik Ibsen, translated by R. Farquharson Sharp

A Doll House (literally translated A Doll's home from the original Norwegian title Et dukkehjem) is an 1879 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

A Doll House, written two years after The Pillars of Society, was the first of Ibsen's plays to create a sensation and is now perhaps his most famous play, and required reading in many secondary schools and universities. The play was highly controversial when first published, as it is sharply critical of 19th Century marriage norms. It follows the formula of well-made play up until the final act, when it breaks convention by ending with a discussion, not an unraveling. It is often called the first true feminist play, although Ibsen denied this. — Excerpted from A Doll's House on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Cover page to manuscript of Et dukkehjem 1879

Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius

Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 353 Haldeman-Julius Company Girard, Kansas

1923

Dramatis PersonaeEdit

Torvald Helmer
Nora, his wife
Doctor Rank
Mrs Linde
Nils Krogstad
Helmer's three young children
Anne, their nurse
A Housemaid
A Porter

The action takes place in Helmer's house.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1925. It may be copyrighted outside the U.S. (see Help:Public domain).