On this day in 1879 Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House opened in Copenhagen. This first production came as the published play was breaking sales records in Scandinavia, no doubt spurred on by comparisons to the dropping of "a bomb into contemporary life," and "a death sentence on accepted social ethics." Theatrically, the bomb was signaled by Nora's exit from her house and gender-roles at the end of Act V -- the "door slam heard 'round the world," as it was described ... FULL STORY »
