Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828, in a small town called Skien, located on the Norwegian coast. At the age of 30 he married a woman named Suzannah Thoresen, the stepdaughter of the dramatist Magdalene Thoresen. A year later his wife gave birth to a precious baby boy named Sigurd. Henrik Ibsen was the greatest playwright of stage art and the most influential of the 19th century. His extreme dedication, hardworking nature, and exceptionally organized qualities supported his outstanding triumphs. A number of his dramas dealt with the crucial change of social viewpoints around the end of the 19th centu