History Theatre / LadyIngerAtAustraat

* CompressedAdaptation: The entire play is solved in an absurdly short time - a day and a night. The events commented on took far longer time in {{real life}}, and events happening later than 1528 are lampshaded (the reformation in Denmark being one of them - uccured in 1536).

** The most aggravating example of this is the implied affair between Inger and the Swedish rebel leader Sten Sture, and their son Nils. This is definitely an artistic licence on behalf of Ibsen.

* TheMole: Lady Inger`s preferred role in the political mess-up being Scandinavia at the time.

* TooDumbToLive: Nils Stensson, entering the stage, spilling his life story to Nils Lykke, who reads the secret letters actually meant for Olaf Skaktavl. Becaue of this, Niels Lykke gets the upper hand in the gambit contest with Lady Inger.

* TooDumbToLive: Nils Stensson, entering the stage, spilling his life story to Nils Lykke, who reads the secret letters actually meant for Olaf Skaktavl, and thus giving Nils the upper hand in the gambit contest with Lady Inger.

* ShownTheirWork: Ibsen dumps a lot of references here, and shows some thorough research.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Niels Lykke.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: Where to begin? Ibsen exaggerates some of the events for the {{rule of cool}}, and for the sake of national sentiments. It is not entirely certain that the Norwegian noblemen were present at Akershus fortress the day Knut Alvsson was murdered (in fact, the Norwegian nobility was in doubt on how to handle him), and in Oslo, sympathy was on the Danish side. Furthermore, the eldest daughter of Inger, Lucia, is said to be dead at this point of time. In fact, she was alive and married to Niels Lykke.

* WhenItAllBegan: All the events of the play is driven by the crucial murder of the nobleman Knut Alvsson in 1502, referred to as early as in the first line. Knut was betrayed by a Danish noble to negotiate under safe conduct, but was slain by an axe. The plot relies heavy on this incident, as the Norwegian nobles, including Lady Inger herself, was present at the fortress of Akershus before and after the murder. They all immidiately swore revenge on the Danes after the murder of Knut.
** {{TruthInTelevision}}: All of Knut`s properties were handed over to the Dane who was responsible for his death. In play, this is extended to other Norwegians who opposed Denmark, like Olaf Skaktavl.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: Where to begin? Ibsen exaggerates some of the events for the {{rule of cool}}, and for the sake of national sentiments. It is not entirely certain that the Norwegian noblemen were present at Akershus fortress the day Knut Alvsson was murdered (in fact, the Norwegian nobility was in doubt on how to handle him), and in Oslo, sympathy were on the Danish side. Furthermore, the eldest daughter of Inger, Lucia, is said to be dead at this point of time. In fact, she was alive and married to Niels Lykke.

* WhenItAllBegan: All the events of the play is driven by the crucial murder of the nobleman Knut Alvsson in 1502, referred to as early as in the first line. Knut was betrayed by a Danish noble to negotiate under safe conduct, but was slain by an axe. The plot relies heavy on this incident, as the Norwegian nobles, present at the fortress of Akershus before and after the murder, immidiately swore revenge on the Danes after the murder, including Lady Inger herself.

* IntrinsicWow: Referred to in-play. The entire Norwegian elite, including Inger, then 15 years of age, swore vengeance after the murder of Knut Alvsson.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Pretty much the entire cast. Inger and her daughers, the Danish nobleman Niels Lykke, Sten Sture from Sweden, and namechecks on the heroic Knut Alvsson. Even {{Martin Luther}} is referred to in passing.

* TheChessmaster: Niels Lykke, the Danish noble.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Pretty much the entire cast. Inger and her daugherts, the Danish nobleman Niels Lykke, Sten Sture from Sweden, namechecks on the heroic Knut Alvsson. Even {{Martin Luther}} is referred to in passing.