About the Book: A Dolls House and Other Plays
Four of Ibsens most important plays in superb modern translations, part of the
new Penguin Ibsen series. With her assertion that she is first and foremost a
human being, Nora Helmer sent shockwaves throughout Europe when she appeared in
Ibsens greatest and most famous play, A Dolls House. Depicting one womans
struggle to be treated as a rational human being, and not merely a wife, mother
or fragile doll, the play changed the course of theatrical history and sparked
debates worldwide about the roles of men and women in society. Ibsens follow-up
Ghosts was no less radical,