Nineteenth-century theatre in 1828. He wrote 25 plays, the most famous of which are "A Doll's House" (1879), "Ghosts" (1881), "The Wild Duck" (1884), and "Hedda Gabler" (1890). "A Doll's House" and "Ghosts" shocked conservatives: Nora's departure in "A Doll's House" was viewed as an attack on family and home, while the allusions to venereal disease and sexual misconduct in "Ghosts" were considered deeply offensive to standards of public decency. Ibsen refined Scribe's well-made play formula to make it more fitting to the realistic style. He provided a model for writers of the realistic school. In addition, his works "Rosmersholm" (1886) and
Mel and Norma Gabler "Phil Donahue Show" (3 times), ABC's "Nightline", NBC's "Today", CNN's "The Freeman Report", PBS's "The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour", CBS's "Morning News", PBS's former "Firing Line" with William F. Buckley, Jr., Jerry Falwell's "Old-Time Gospel Hour" and CNN's former "Crossfire" with Patrick J. Buchanan. After Mel Gabler's death, columnist Gary North wrote that if one wants "a model of what the 'little guy' can do, begin with the Gablers." Mel and Norma Gabler Melvin Nolan Freeman Gabler (January 5, 1915 – December 19, 2004) and his wife, Norma Elizabeth Rhodes Gabler (June 16, 1923 – July 22, 2007) were campaigners against public