Loved iti have seen and read four of his plays all of which i love
Rosmersholm (1886)
Others: Positive (SCENE - The sitting-room at Rosmersholm; a spacious room, comfortably furnished in old-fashioned style. In the foreground, against the right-hand wall, is a stove decorated with sprigs of fresh birch and wild flowers. Farther back, a door. In the back wall folding doors leading into the entrance hall. In the left- hand wall a window, in front of which is a stand filled with flowers and plants. Near the stove stand a table, a couch and an easy-chair.
- ISBN:
- 9781406953602
- Length:
- 114 pages
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