HENRIK IBSEN THE CRITICAL HERITAGE Edited by MICHAEL EGAN London and New York
Contents PRBFACB page xvn ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Xviii INTRODUCTION I NOTB ON THB TBXT 40 1 BDMUND GOSSB on Ibsen's poetry, Spectator 1872 41 2 BDMUND GOSSB on Peer Gynt, Spectator 1872 45 3 BDMUND GOSSB on Ibsen's elaborate irony, Fortnightly Review 1873 50 4 CATHERINE RAY on the conflict in Ibsen's work 1876 51 5 Unsigned notice of Quicksands (The Pillars of Society)/ Theatre 1881 55 6 RASMUS B. ANDBRSON on Ibsen's genius, American 1882 57 7 CLBMBNS PBTBRSBN on Ibsen and Bjornson, Scandinavia 1882 58 8 HBNRIBTTA FRANCES LORD On A Doll's House 1882 59 9 WILLIAM ARCHER on Mrs Lord's imperfections and An Enemy of the People, Academy 1883 60 10 MRS LORD replies, Academy 1883 63 11 T. A. schovelin on Kongsemneme (ThePretenders), Scandinavia 1884 64 12 WILLIAM ARCHBR on Breaking a Butterfly (A Doll's House), Theatre 1884 65 13 HAVBLOCK ELLIS on the importance of Ibsen 1888 73 14 BDMUND GOSSB on Ibsen's Social Dramas, Fortnightly Review 1889 77 15 HENRY JAMBS becomes interested 1889 94 16 ARTHUR SYMONS on Ibsen's modernity, Universal Review 1889 95 A Doll's House (Novelty 1889) 17 Unsigned notice by CLBMBNT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1889 101 18 Unsigned notice, Daily News 1889 103 19 Unsigned comment, Licensed Victuallers' Mirror 1889 105 ix
CONTENTS 20 Unsigned notice, Queen 1889 106 21 FRBDERIC WEDMORB, from a review, Academy 1889 107 22 c. H. HBRFORD: reply to Wedmore's review, Academy 1889 109 23 Unsigned notice, Spectator 1889 no 24 CLEMENT SCOTT on Ibsen's unlovely creed, Theatre 1889 114 25 WILLIAM ARCHER on newspaper reaction to Ibsen 1889 "5 26 JANBT ACHURCH on the difficulty of being Nora 1889 123 The Pillars of Society (Opera Comique 1889) 27 Unsigned notice, Daily News 1889 126 28 Unsigned notice by c L B M B N T s c o T T, Daily Telegraph 1889 127 29 Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1889 130 30 Unsigned notice, Referee 1889 130 31 Unsigned notice, L/oyd'5 Weekly News 1&S9 131 32 Unsigned comment, Hawk 1889 131 33 FRBDERIC WBDMORE, from a notice, Academy 1889 132 34 Unsigned notice, Queen 1889 133 35 WILLIAM ARCHER on the absurdity of Mr. T. Weber 1890 134 36 c. H. HBRFORD on Rosmersholm and The Lady from the Sea, Academy 1890 143 37 HJALMAR BOYBSEN presents an American view of Ibsen 1890 146 38 w. B. SIMONDS on Nora's selflessness, Dial 1890 147 39 B. p. EVANS on Ibsen's cosmic emotion, Atlantic Monthly 1890 148 40 MRS H. F. LORD on the phases of the soul in Ghosts 1890 149 41 HBNRYJAMBS on Ibsen's provinciality 1890 150 42 BDMUNDGOSSEon Ibsen and American writers 1890 151 43 Unsigned review of Emperor and Galilean, Saturday Review 1890 154 44 An anonymous comment on the depravity of Ibsen, Edward Aveling and Ghosts, Saturday Review 1891 157 Rosmersholm (Vaudeville 1891) 45 Unsigned notice, Evening News and Post 1891 158 46 Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1891 160 47 Editorial, Daily Chronicle 1891 161 48 Unsigned notice, The Times 1891 163 49 Unsigned notice, Daily News 1891 165 50 Unsigned notice by CLEMENT S COTT, Daily Telegraph 1891 167
CONTENTS 51 Unsigned comment, Saturday Review 1S91 169 52 Unsigned notice, Era 1891 170 53 Pseudonymous notice by 'MOMUS', Gentlewoman 1891 171 54 Unsigned notice, Black and White 1891 172 55 Unsigned notice, Sunday Times 1891 173 56 Unsigned notice, Licensed Victuallers' Mirror 1891 177 57 JUSTIN MCCARTHY in HflU>fe I89I I78 58 Unsigned notice, Truth 1891 179 59 Unsigned notice, Queen 1891 181 Ghosts (Royalty 1891) <3o GBORGE MOORB sees Ghosts in Paris 1891 182 61 Unsigned notice by CLEMBNT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1891 187 62 Editorial, Daily Telegraph 1891 189 63 Unsigned notice, Daily News 1891 193 64 Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1891 195 65 Unsigned notice,evening News and Post 1891 196 66 Anonymous satirical poem, Evening News and Post 1891 200 67 Ibsen and real life: report of a murder trial, Evening Standard 1891 201 68 Unsigned notice, Sunday Times 1891 201 69 Unsigned notice, Licensed Victuallers' Mirror 1891 202 70 Unsigned notice, Hawk 1891 204 71 'How We Found Gibsen', anonymous satirical story, Hawk 1891 205 72 WILLIAM ARCHER: 'Ghosts and Gibberings', Pall Mall Gazette 1891 209 73 Ibsen speaks out: an interview, Era 1891 214 74 HENRYJAMBS on Ibsen's grey mediocrity 1891 216 Hedda Gabler (Vaudeville 1891) 75 Unsigned notice, The Times 1891 218 76 Unsigned notice, Pall Mall Gazette 1891 220 77 JUSTIN MCCARTHY inblack and White 1&91 221 78 Unsigned notice, Saturday Review 1891 222 79 CLBMBNT SCOTT, a notice in Illustrated London News 1S91 225 80 Unsigned notice, Sunday Times 1891 229 81 Unsigned notice, Observer 1891 230 82 Unsigned notice, People 1891 232 XI
CONTBNTS 83 HENRY ARTHUR JONES on the unfortunate depravity but enlivening influence of Ibsen, Era 1891 23 3 84 HBNRY JAMBS: 'On the Occasion of Hedda Gabler, New Review 1891 234 The Lady from the Sea (Terry's 1891) 85 Unsigned notice, The Times 1891 245 86 Unsigned notice, Standard 1891 246 87 Unsigned notice by CLEMENT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1891 247 88 Unsigned notice, Gentlewoman 1891 248 89 Unsigned notice, Referee 1891 249 90 JUSTIN MCCARTHY in Hawkifyi 251 91 Unsigned comment, Hawk 1891 252 92 Ibsen parodied by j. M. BARRIE: unsigned review of Ibsen's Ghost: Or, Took Up to Date, Theatre 1891 253 Brand (1891) 93 RICHARD A. ARMSTRONG on Brand, Westminster Review 1891 255 94 Unsigned review, Saturday Review 1891 256 95 GBORGB BBRNARD SHAW on the quintessence of Ibsenism and its resemblance to Shavianism 1891 259 The Master Builder (Trafalgar Square 1893) 96 HENRYjAMESon'lbsen'sNewPlay',P<j//Mjf/Gdzetfei893 266 97 Unsigned notice by CLBMBNT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1893 269 98 Unsigned notice, Evening News and Post 1893 273 99 Unsigned notice, The Times 1893 275 100 Unsigned notice, Standard 1893 277 101 Unsigned notice, Pall Mall Gazette 1893 278 102 Unsigned notice, Black and White i$9$ 280 103 Pseudonymous notice by 'MOMUS', Gentlewoman 1893 282 104 WILLIAM HARDINGB: a poem, Observer 1893 283 105 'The Crack in the Flue', a notice by 'vr.m.',hawk 1893 283 106 The other Henrik Ibsen: report in Era 1893 288 107 Unsigned review, Saturday Review 1893 288 108 Unsigned review, Spectator 1893 293 An Enemy of the People (Haymarket 1893) 109 Unsigned notice, The Times 1893 298 xii
CONTENTS no Unsigned notice by CLBMBNT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1893 2 99 in Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1893 300 112 Pseudonymous notice by 'MOMUS', Gentlewoman 1893 301 113 Unsigned notice, Theatre 1893 303 114 WILLIAM ARCHER sums it up: 'The Mausoleum of Ibsen', Fortnightly Review 1893 304 115 Mr. Gladstone as Solness, Saturday Review 1893 312 116 HJALMARBOYBSBN on Ibsen's self-satire in The Wild Duck, Dial 1893 3 r 4 117 Unsigned notice on Ghosts (New York and Boston 1894) New York Times 1894 315 118 Ibsen consigned to hell in Boston, Critic 1894 3 l6 The Wild Duck (Royalty 1894) 119 Unsigned notice by CLBMBNT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1894 3 J 7 120 Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1894 320 121 Unsigned notice, Evening News and Post 1894 320 122 Unsigned notice, Truth 1894 321 123 Pseudonymous notice by 'HAVIZ', Black and Whitei894 321 124 Unsigned notice, Era 1894 322 125 Unsigned notice, Theatre 1894 3 2 3 126 Unsigned review of Boyesen's A Commentary on the Works ofhenrik Ibsen, Spectator 1894 3 24 127 HBRBBRT WARING: an actor's view of Ibsen, Theatre 1894 326 128 Ibsen on himself 1: interviewed by Mrs Alec B. Tweedie 1894 33i 129 Ibsen on himself 2: interviewed by Edgar O. Achorn, New England Magazine 1896 3 32 Little Eyolf (1894 and 1896) 130 Unsigned review, Saturday Review 1894 334 131 j. T. GRBIN: from a review, Sunday Times 1894 338 132 Unsigned notice on Little Eyolf (Avenue 1896), Pall Mall Gazette 1896 340 133 Unsigned notice, The Times 1896 342 134 Unsigned notice, Evening Standard 1896 343 135 Unsigned notice, Daily News 1896 344 136 UnsignednoticebycLBMBNTSCOTT.DaiTy Telegraph 1896 345 xiii
CONTENTS 137 Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1896 346 138 'Ibsen and his Interpreters', editorial, Era 1896 347 139 j. T. GRBIN: unsigned notice, Sunday Times 1896 350 140 'The Hallucinations of Mr. Clement Scott', J. Warschauer, Saturday Review 1896 355 141 HBNRYJAMBS on Ibsen's superiority to Shakespeare 1897 356 John Gabriel Borkman (1896) 142 Unsigned review, Saturday Review 1896 359 143 HBNRYJAMBS : from a review, Harper's Weekly 1897 363 144 Notice by 'H.W.M.' on John Gabriel Borkman (Strand 1897), Daily Chronicle 1897 3 66 145 Unsigned notice by CLEMENT S COTT, Daily Telegraph 1897 368 146 Unsigned notice, Era 1897 3 7 J 147 Unsigned notice, Lloyd's Weekly News 1897 3 73 148 Unsigned notice, People 1897 374 149 GBORGB BERNARD SHAW on A Doll's House, Saturday Review 1897 375 150 Unsigned notice, Theatre 1897 377 151 BBRNARD SHAW watches Queen Victoria and the Archbishop of Canterbury watch Ghosts, Saturday Review 1897 378 152 Hedda Gabler in New York, unsigned review, New York. Times 1898 383 When We Dead Awaken (1900 and 1903) 153 JAMBS JOYCE Fortnightly Review 1900 385 154 Unsigned notice on When We Dead Awaken (Imperial 1903), Daily Telegraph 1903 391 155 Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1903 393 156 Unsigned notice, The Times 1903 394 157 Unsigned notice, Sunday Times 1903 396 158 Unsighed notice, Lloyd's Weekly News 1903 398 159 Unsigned notice, Referee 1903 399 160 MAX BBBRBOHM: 'Ibsen's "Epilogue", Saturday Review 1903 401 161 Pseudonymous notice by 'MOMUS', Gentlewoman 1903 403 The Vikings at Helgeland (Imperial 1903) 162 Unsigned notice, Daily Telegraph 1903 405 163 Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1903 408 xiv
CONTBNTS 164 Unsigned notice, The Times 1903 409 165 Unsigned notice, Referee 1903 412 166 MAX BEERBOHM in Saturday Review 1903 415 167 w. ROTHBNSTEIN on Max Beerbohm's obtuseness, Saturday Review 1903 419 168 p. T. B ARNUM and others cable Ibsen, Current Literature 1903 420 The Collected Letters ofhenrik Ibsen (1905) 169 WILLIAM ARCHBR: 'Ibsen in His Letters', Fortnightly Review 1905 421 The Wild Duck (Court 1905) 170 Pseudonymous notice by 'M O R D R E D', Referee 1905 429 171 Unsigned theatre comment, Referee 1905 432 An Enemy of the People (His Majesty's 1905) 172 B. A. BAUGHAN, an initialled notice, Daily News 1905 435 173 KBIR HARD IB on the instructiveness of Ibsen, report in Daily News 1905 43 8 Lady Inger ofostraat (Scala 1906) 174 B. A. BAUGHAN: an initialled notice, Daily News 1906 439 175 Unsigned notice, Black and White 1906 441 Obituaries (May 1906) 176 Unsigned obituary, Academy 1906 442 177 MAX BEBRBOHM in Saturday Review 1906 443 178 w. D. uowilis in North American Review 1906 446 179 BDWIN B. SLOSSON: 'Ibsen as an Interpreter of American Life', Independent 1906 451 180 JOSEPH p. DANNBNBURG: 'Playing Ibsen in the Badlands', Theatre (American) 1906 457 APPENDIX 1 464 APPENDIX II 466 BIBLIOGRAPHY 491 INDEX 493 XV