The innovative dramas of Henrik Ibsen created a sensation among 19th-century audiences with their mordant attacks on social conventions.
Ibsen substituted the modern scientific idea of heredity for the ancient Greek concept of fate, exposi.
In it, the playwright assailed the hypocrisy of moral codes, offering a daring treatment of such then-taboo issues as infidelity, venereal disease, and illegitimacy.
Among the finest of these ground-breaking works was Ghosts , first performed in 1881.
The innovative dramas of Henrik Ibsen created a sensation among 19th-century audiences with their mordant attacks on social conventions