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Mr Punch's Pocket Ibsen

F. Anstey

Book Overview: 

These short comic parodies of five well-known tragedies by Henrik Ibsen originally appeared in Punch, the British humor magazine. From the prefatory note: "The author is conscious that his imitation is painfully lacking in the mysterious obscurity of the original, that the vein of allegorical symbolism is thinner throughout than it should be, and that the characters are not nearly so mad as persons invariably are in real life—but these are the faults inevitable to a prentice hand, and he trusts that due allowances may be made for them by the critical.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Helmer.

Your poor dear papa was not impeccable—far from it. I am—which makes all the difference. I have here a letter giving Krogstad the sack. One of the conveniences of living close to the Bank is, that I can use the housemaids as Bank-messengers. [Goes to door and calls.] Ellen! [Enter parlourmaid.] Take that letter—there is no answer. [Ellen takes it and goes.] That's settled—and now, Nora, as I am going to my private room, it will be a capital opportunity for you to practise the tambourine—thump away, little lark, the doors are double!

[Nods to her and goes in, shutting door.

Nora.

[Stroking her face.] How am I to get out of this mess? [A ring at the visitors' bell.] Dr. Rank's ring! He shall help me out of it! [Dr. Rank appears in doorway, hanging up his great-coat.] Dear Dr. Rank, how are you?

[Takes both his hands.

Dr. Rank.

[Sitting down near the stove. . . Read More

Community Reviews

A collection of parodies on Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's major works ("A Doll's House," "Hedda Gabler," "The Wild Duck," and "Rosmersholm"), as well as an original piece by author "F. Anstey" (the nom-de-plume of one Thomas Anstey Guthrie) which spoofs the Ibsen style, as well as common symbo