James Marsters Press Archive

source: The News Tribune Tacoma
published: November 6, 1995
author: Douglas McLennan
credit: James Marsters.com – The Unofficial website

When Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” debuted during the winter of 1879-80, it caused such a scandal in society that it was reported in Stockholm that many social invitations that winter bore the admonition: “You are requested not to mention Ibsen’s ‘Doll’s House!’”

source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Section: Entertainment, Page: C6
published: November 13, 1995
author: Joe Adcock

In 1879, in Norway, “A Doll’s House” was playwright Henrik Ibsen’s photograph of affluent Victorian marriage. In 1995, in Tacoma, “A Doll House” – as adapted by Seattle playwright Chad Henry, minus the ‘s, – is more like an X-ray.