Show HENRIK the seventieth birthday of henrik ibsen was celebrated in Christ lazia yesterday march with great festivities tivi ties the aged dramatist was waa congratulated by the and king oscar ibsen has been a writer since 1850 but not till thirty years latex later a he become known to the world at large in 1882 his play the dolls house was waa translated into english and in 1889 it was produced on a loudon london loui loni I 1 stage prom from that time on ibsen has been widely discussed it will probably not be denied that characters are drawn with a boldness approaching very closely the great master of the drama shakespeare that his success on the english and american stage has not been perfect is very easily accounted for by those who have seen hamlet for instance on the german or the scandinavian stage it is almost impossible to trans trane ter fer the full force of the original to any translation critics have sometimes overlooked this fact and done do ibsen great injustice |