A Doll's House

by Henrik Ibsen

Overview

Ibsen's seminal play, which changed modern drama, is a searing view of a male-dominated and authoritarian society, presented with a realism that elevates theatre to a level above mere entertainment. The reverberations of Nora's slamming the door as she leaves Torvald continue to this present day. Nicholas Rudall, justly celebrated for his translations of Ibsen, again provides a play of power and speakability.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499378849
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	05/06/2014
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.27(d)
Lexile:	NP (what's this?)

About the Author

After graduating from Oxford University, Tanika Gupta worked as a community worker and in an Asian women's refuge for several years. She began writing drama in the early 1990s. Tanika has written extensively for theatre, radio, film and television. Her play, The Waiting Room (National Theatre), won the John Whiting Award in 2000. Titles published by Oberon Books include Inside Out (Clean Break), Hobson's Choice (Young Vic and Manchester Royal Exchange), Catch (Royal Court), Sugar Mummies (Royal Court), White Boy (National Youth Theatre/Soho Theatre), The Empress (RSC), Mindwalking (Bandbazi), Lions and Tigers (Shakespeare's Globe), Red Dust Road (National Theatre of Scotland), among others.

She was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement (2004), was the recipient of the Amnesty International Media Award (2005) for her radio play, Chitra and won the BBC Audio Drama Award 2013 for 'best adaptation' for her version of A Doll's House. Tanika was awarded an MBE in 2008 and received the James Tait Black Award for Lions and Tigers in 2018. She is a visiting lecturer at Central School for Speech and Drama where she is an Honorary Fellow.

Table of Contents

The introduction and commentary to the play covers:

Cultural and theatrical contexts
Themes
Dramatic devices
Performance history
Trends in scholarly and popular debate

Editorial Reviews

Maybe it's Nicholas Rudall's new translation. Maybe it's a matter of the gods. I couldn't put [A Doll's House] down. It's tight, and terse—reads like a fine short novel.

The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities - Lolita Lark

Ibsen's great feminist drama” —Daily Telegraph

“Many a husband reeled back in horror after the premiere of Ibsen's marriage-shaking play in 1879. The fellow was actually challenging the sacred values of family life by suggesting a woman could break free of the marital gilded cage. What next? They will want the vote.” —Daily Express

“Ibsen's drama is a powerful statement of his radical beliefs about gender, the folly of idealism and the nature of modern love. In essence, it is the story of woman who wakes up to reality.” —Evening Standard

“Ibsen caused a storm with the notion that women were as entitled as men to think and live for themselves.” —Jewish Chronicle

From the Publisher

A powerful statement of [Ibsen's] radical beliefs about gender, the folly of idealism and the nature of modern love.

Evening Standard

Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic centre of Ibsen's genius, have beaten academic versions from the field.

The New Statesman