Ibsen wrote this play in the response to the public outcry against his play Ghosts, which was considered scandalous for the time.Ghosts had challenged the hypocracy of Edwardian morality and was deemed indecent for its veiled references to syphilis.
Ibsen wrote this play in the response to the public outcry against his play Ghosts, which was considered scandalous for the time. With his play Ghosts Ibsen had challenged the hypocracy of Edwardian morality and was deemed indecent for its veiled references to syphilis.