<p>A Doll's House is a three-act play written by Norway's Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is set in a Norwegian town circa 1879. The play is significant for the way it deals with the fate of a married woman who at the time&nbsp;in Norway&nbsp;lacked reasonable opportunities for self-fulfillment in a male-dominated world, despite the fact that Ibsen denies it was his intent to write a feminist play. </p><p><br></p><p>It aroused a great sensation at the time,&nbsp;and caused a "storm of outraged controversy" that went beyond the theatre to the world newspapers and society.</p><p><br></p><p>In 2006, the centennial of Ibsen's death,&nbsp;A Doll's House&nbsp;held the distinction of being the world's most performed play that year.&nbsp;UNESCO&nbsp;has inscribed Ibsen's autographed manuscripts of&nbsp;A Doll's House&nbsp;on the&nbsp;Memory of the World Register&nbsp;in 2001, in recognition of their historical value.</p><p><br></p><p>The title of the play is most commonly translated as&nbsp;A Doll's House, though some scholars use&nbsp;A Doll House.&nbsp;John Simon&nbsp;says that&nbsp;A Doll's House&nbsp;is "the British term for what [Americans] call a 'dollhouse'".&nbsp;Egil Törnqvist&nbsp;says of the alternative title: "Rather than being superior to the traditional rendering, it simply sounds more idiomatic to Americans."</p>