Realism+in+Theater


 * ===Henrik Ibsen is considered to be the father of modern realistic drama. ===


 * ===Realism is a nineteenth-century literary term that identifies an author's attempt to portray characters, events, and settings in a realistic way. Simply put, realism is attention to detail, with description intended to be honest and frank at all levels. ===


 * ===Unlike many of the dramatists who came before him, Ibsen doesn’t portray rich, powerful, or socially significant people in his plays. Rather, he populates his dramas with ordinary middle-class characters. ===

Ibsen himself was at pains to emphasise that his plays were concerned with much more than just social issues. He wrote of __Hedda Gabler__, but the remark is equally applicable to __A Doll's House__:
My intention in this play has not really been to treat so-called social problems. The main thing for me has been to depict human beings, human emotions, and human destinies against the background of certain prevailing social conditions and views. (quoted in James McFarlane (ed), __The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen__ 1994, 203)