Nora walks out and shuts the door behind her; shuts the door on her children, her husband, her life to that point. Thus ends The Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, premiered in 1879 and influential to this day. Audiences have been left to wonder what happens to Nora. An American playwright, Lucas Hnath has speculated to the extent of writing The Doll’s House, Part 2.
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