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21 Feb 2006 – 25 Feb 2006February 2006
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Details
- Playwright
- Henrik Ibsen
- Director
- Michael McCall
AddressDolphin Theatre, University of WA, Stirling Hwy CRAWLEY
One of the most astonishing moments in the nineteenth century theatre happened in Oslo in 1879. At the end of Ibsen's play A DOLL'S HOUSE, Nora, the central character, walks out of her comfortable middle class home, abandoning her husband and children in a quest for self-fulfilment. Audiences and critics were outraged at what they saw as a violent assault on family life and indeed on the fabric and values of society itself.
But having left, how would Nora feel if she were to return to visit a few years later? In our new Hayman Theatre Company production of A DOLL'S HOUSE we explore this possibility. Through the action of Ibsen's play moves the figure of this later Nora, sometimes simply observing the actions of her younger self, sometimes commenting, sometimes intervening.
Not only do we watch the play as Ibsen wrote it but we also see it from other more modern perspectives. Using techniques drawn from expressionism and other twentieth century theatrical movements A DOLL'S HOUSE offers a performance, an interpretation and a critique of this milestone in western theatre history.
But having left, how would Nora feel if she were to return to visit a few years later? In our new Hayman Theatre Company production of A DOLL'S HOUSE we explore this possibility. Through the action of Ibsen's play moves the figure of this later Nora, sometimes simply observing the actions of her younger self, sometimes commenting, sometimes intervening.
Not only do we watch the play as Ibsen wrote it but we also see it from other more modern perspectives. Using techniques drawn from expressionism and other twentieth century theatrical movements A DOLL'S HOUSE offers a performance, an interpretation and a critique of this milestone in western theatre history.
Bookings
This production has concluded. Contact details are not available for past events.