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A Doll´s House
Henrik Ibsen
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Description for A Doll´s House
Paperback. Translator(s): Stephens, Simon. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 116.
'I think I'm a human being before anything else. I don't care what other people say. I don't care what people write in books. I need to think for myself.' Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House premiered in 1879 in Copenhagen, the second in a series of realist plays by Ibsen, and immediately provoked controversy with its apparently feminist message and exposure of the hypocrisy of Victorian middle-class marriage. In Ibsen's play, Nora Helmer has secretly (and deceptively) borrowed a large sum of money to pay for her husband, Torvald, to recover from illness on a sabbatical in ... Read more
'I think I'm a human being before anything else. I don't care what other people say. I don't care what people write in books. I need to think for myself.' Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House premiered in 1879 in Copenhagen, the second in a series of realist plays by Ibsen, and immediately provoked controversy with its apparently feminist message and exposure of the hypocrisy of Victorian middle-class marriage. In Ibsen's play, Nora Helmer has secretly (and deceptively) borrowed a large sum of money to pay for her husband, Torvald, to recover from illness on a sabbatical in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Modern Plays
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472526410
SKU
V9781472526410
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Ref
99-50
About Henrik Ibsen
Simon Stephens has been the recipient of both the Pearson Award for Best New Play 2001-2 for his play Port, and the Olivier Award for Best New Play 2005 for On the Shore of the Wide World. His recent plays include Harper Regan (National Theatre), Punk Rock (Lyric Hammersmith/Royal Exchange, Manchester), Pornography (Traverse and Birmingham Rep), Wastwater (Royal Court and ... Read more
Reviews for A Doll´s House
Simon Stephens's agile new version [is] . . . quick and clear and full of subtle touches
Susannah Clapp, Guardian
A sensible, sensitive and spirited version . . . that chimes with the debt-laden times we’re trapped in and poses still-pressing questions
Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
The supple new version of the text by Simon Stephens is ... Read more
Susannah Clapp, Guardian
A sensible, sensitive and spirited version . . . that chimes with the debt-laden times we’re trapped in and poses still-pressing questions
Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
The supple new version of the text by Simon Stephens is ... Read more