A Doll's House written by Henrik Ibsen and first produced at The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, featuring Betty Hennings as Nora, having run some 100 performances from December 21, 1879 to 1880

A scene from A Doll's House written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and first produced at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, featuring Betty Hennings (Danish actress, 1850 - 1939) as Nora, having run some 100 performances from December 21, 1879 to 1880.

Betty Hennings (1850-1939, Dane actress), as 'Nora' in Ibsen's 'A Doll's House' -

Et Dukkehjem (A Doll's House 1879) written by Henrik Ibsen and premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879

   Scenes from A Doll House (Et dukkehjem 1879) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and premiered under the direction of H. P. Holst at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 21, 1879, with Nora (Betty Hennings), dancing the tarantella for her husband, Torvald (Emil Poulsen), with Raphael’s portrait, Madonna and Child, in the background (above the piano) and at the piano, Dr. Rank (Peter Jerndorff), with Mrs Linde (Agnes Dehn) in the doorway.

   Within the span of a month this play was performed for the first time in each of the three Scandinavian capitals, the world premiere taking place in Copenhagen on 21 December 1879, followed by the first performances in Stockholm and Christiania on 8 and 20 January 1880.

Nora dances the tarantella

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A photograph of Marie Wilton as Nan in Good for Nothing at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, in 1879.

A photograph of Marie Wilton as Nan in Good for Nothing, performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, in 1879.

Marie Effie Wilton, Lady Bancroft (1836–1921) was an English actress and theatre manager. She appeared onstage as Marie Wilton until after her marriage in December 1867 to Squire Bancroft, when she adopted his last name. 

Ruy Blas (1838) written by Victor Hugo and produced at the Comédie-Française, Paris, in 1879

A scene from Ruy Blas (tragedy, 1838) written by the French writer Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885) and produced at the Comédie Française, Paris, on April 4, 1879.

It premiered at the Théâtre de la Renaissance on November 8, 1838,  considered by many to be Hugo’s best drama, it initially met with only average success.

Acte II, scène III et acte III, scène II : dessin de M. Vierge. 

Coquelin l’aîné dans le rôle de Don César de Bazan

Mounet-Sully dans le rôle de Ruy Blas

Blanche Baretta