Abstract
The staging of plays varies greatly in complexity, beauty and visual effect from one play to another. Writers sometimes focus their ideas rather on the characters' speech and acting than on creating a unique and refined staging technique. Both Henrik Ibsen in A Doll's House and Arthur Miller in Death of A Salesman lay a great importance on the staging of their ideas by creating a whole "entire" world with music, sounds and lighting in a well defined location which can contribute to emphasizing the protagonists' struggles and desires. Yet seventy years later the publishing and first representation of these works from 1879 for Ibsen's to 1949 for Millers' and we can ask ourselves if Ibsen was limited by the techniques of his day, perhaps less evolved. The following analysis will thus endeavor to explore how different or similar both writers' approach to staging are, to ask ourselves finally how staging can affect an audience's reception and response to a play seen in the theater.
