Pub Date: February 27, 1997
Dewey: 839.8226
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.60" H x 7.60" L x 4.80" W ( 0.20 lbs) 112 pages
BISAC Categories:
Drama | European | English Irish Scottish Welsh | Literary Criticism | Scandinavian
Series: Faber Plays
Description:
Nora Helmer, wife to Torvald and mother of three children, appears to enjoy living the life of a pampered, indulged child. But as her economic dependence becomes brutally clear, Nora's acceptance of the status quo undergoes a profound change. To the horror of the bewildered Torvald, himself caught in the tight web of a conservative society which demands that he exert strict control, Nora comes to see that only possible true course of action is to leave the family home.
Frank McGuinness's version of A Doll's House received its London premiere in October 1996 and opened on Broadway in 1997, where the production won four Tony Awards.Brief description: Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) has been described as 'the father of modern theatre'. Most of his early plays were traditional historical dramas. After 'Peer Gynt', a fairy-tale fantasy in verse, Ibsen wrote the rest of his plays in prose, and came to be regarded as the great Naturalist dramatist.
Review Quotes:
"A triumphant Doll's House . . . thrilling." --John Lahr, The New Yorker
"A wonderfully loose-limbed adaptation." --The New York Times "Superb . . . This is a play very much for today. Frank McGuinness's sprightly and spirited new version secures its place as a truly contemporary masterpiece." --Mail on Sunday (London)