Thursday, 10 October 2013

RESPONSE IN NORWAY TO A DOLLS HOUSE



A Doll’s House was first performed at The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, in Demark 
on 21 December 1879. It had been published previously and so the controversial story was beginning to become popular . It was clear that it was a popular hit, because  people 
wanted to read it. However the reaction to the first performance was, in some 
cases, outrage. It was considered to be a barbaric attack on the convention of 
marriage and Nora was considered by many to be inhuman for deciding to leave 
her husband and children. There were some critics, however, who had the 
foresight to engage with Ibsen’s attempts at ‘new realism’. Erik Bogh, one such 
critic, delighted in the naturalism of the play – ‘Not a single declamatory phrase, 
no high dramatics, no drop of blood, not even a tear.’ 
 This reaction didn't damage the popularity of the play. The Copenhagen run sold 
out completely.

No comments:

Post a Comment