March 2007  A Doll's House

A DOLL'S HOUSE by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Christopher Hampton

This challenging play is regarded by many as a landmark in theatrical history.   The play is a clarion call for personal freedom and a challenge to social norms which shocked audiences at the time, and still causes some unease today.

The play is set in a small town in Norway at the end of the 19th century.   Torvald and Nora Helmer appear to be happily married.   She is his 'little squirrel' and he is her protective, indulgent husband.   They have lovely children;  he has just landed a new lucrative job and all seems well.

But this is Ibsen.   All is not well;  Nora has a secret and the threat of exposure tests the marriage to the limit.

The play was directed by Linda Hampson.

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