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