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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, April 4, 1891
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Title: Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, April 4, 1891
Author: Various
Release Date: August 26, 2004 [EBook #13297]
Language: English
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PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 100.
April 4, 1891.
MR. PUNCH'S POCKET IBSEN.
(_CONDENSED AND REVISED VERSION BY MR. P.'S OWN HARMLESS IBSENITE._)
NO. II.-NORA; OR, THE BIRD-CAGE (ET DIKKISVÖIT).
ACT I.
_A Room tastefully filled with cheap Art-furniture. Gimcracks in an étagère; a festoon of chenille monkeys hanging from the gaselier. Japanese fans, skeletons, cotton-wool spiders, frogs, and lizards, scattered everywhere about. Drain-pipes with tall dyed grasses. A porcelain stove decorated with transferable pictures. Showily-bound books in book-case. Window. The Visitors' bell rings in the hall outside. The hall-door is heard to open, and then to shut. Presently NORA walks in with parcels; a Porter carries a large Christmas-tree after her--which he puts down. NORA gives him a shilling--and he goes out grumbling. NORA hums contentedly, and eats macaroons. Then HELMER puts his head out of his Manager's room, and NOR