Plays: Doll's House

A Doll's House (1879) was Ibsen's first major success. It caused great scandal at the time due its ending: its protagonist Nora abandons her family after her husband discovers she had forged her dead father's signature to borrow money. She did it to finance a trip to Italy that would save her husband's life.

A realist play about women's role in Victorian society that shows Ibsen's concern with women's rights, or human rights in general.

Plays: Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler (1890) is a play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Its protagonist Hedda Tesman (née Gabler) is one of the most fascinating characters in literature I've ever come across. She is manipulative, intelligent, unpredictable, ambitious, dishonest and suicidal.

This play is one of the best ones I've ever read. There'll certainly be more Ibsen on this blog soon!