<DIV><p>This volume contains Ibsen's two most famous plays about women: <I>A Doll's House</I> (1879), his first international success, which "exploded like a bomb into contemporary life," and <I>Hedda Gabler</I> (1890), now one of his most popular plays, but greeted at first with bewilderment and outrage ("The play is simply a bad escape of moral sewage-gas."—<I>Pictorial World</I>). Also included is <I>An Enemy of the People</I> (1882), whose central character was Stanislavsky's favorite role.</p><p>"Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic center of Ibsen's genius, have beaten academic versions from the field."—George Steiner</p><p>"Crisp and cobweb-free, purged of verbal Victoriana."—Kenneth Tynan</p><p> <B>Henrik Ibsen</B> (1828-1906) is generally regarded as the father of modern theatre: "His influence on contemporaries and following generations, whether directly or indirectly ... can hardly be overestimated."—John Russell Taylor</p></DIV>