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March 2007
A DOLL'S HOUSE
Henrik Ibsen
translated by Christopher Hampton
CAST
Nora Helmer
Claire McGill
Torvald Helmer Desmond
Gaynor
Kristine Linde
Hilary McDermott
Nils Krogstad
Laurence Conway
Dr Rank
Barry Serjent
Anne-Marie
Anne Gerrard
Helene Janice
Martin
Porter Bryan
Hourihane
The Helmer Children
Ivar Aaron
Henry
Sonja
Claire Sutherland
Emmy
Nicola Sutherland
Directed
by
Linda Hampson
BEHIND THE SCENES
Stage Manager
Gerry Tivers
Assistant Director
Linda Mallett
Assistant Stage Manager Bryan
Hourihane
Set Design Linda Hampson &
Gerry Tivers
Lighting Design
Ernst Srevit
Costumes Judith
Meredith
Stage Properties
Susan O'Connell
On the Book Elaine
Tivers
Tarantella composed by
Lewis Lev
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.
