1877 In Norway
First performance of Henrik Ibsen's ''A Doll's House'' Events in the year 1877 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Oscar II Events * 25 April - The local newspaper Agder Flekkefjords Tidende was first published. * The Røros Line was opened. Arts and literature First performance of A Doll's House Births January to June *25 February – Bernt Tunold, painter (died 1946) *5 March – Klaus Sletten, organizational worker, editor and politician (died 1946) *23 March – Marta Steinsvik, author and translator (died 1950) *29 March – Nils Waltersen Aasen, arms inventor (died 1925) *12 April – Ragnvald A. Nestos, governor of the U.S. state of North Dakota (died 1942) *19 April – Ole Evinrude, inventor, known for the invention of the first outboard motor with practical commercial application (died 1934) *26 April – Alfred Næss, speed skater (died 1955) *5 May – Halfdan Egedius, painter and illustrator (died 1899) *6 May – Bjarne Solberg, physician and politician (died 1928) ...
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A Doll's House
''A Doll's House'' (Danish and nb, Et dukkehjem; also translated as ''A Doll House'') is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is set in a Norwegian town circa 1879. 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. 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. 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. UNESCO has inscribed Ibsen's autographed manuscripts of ''A Doll's House'' on the Memory of the World Register in 2001, in recognition of their histo ...
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