A Doll's House
You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me. A DOLL'S HOUSE is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879. The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th century...
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You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me. A DOLL'S HOUSE is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879. The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th century marriage norms. In 2006, A Doll's House held the distinction of being the world's most performed play. UNESCO has inscribed Ibsen's autographed manuscripts of A Doll's House on the Memory of the World Register in 2001, in recognition of their historical value.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781629100166 (1629100161)
Publish date: August 30th 2013
Publisher: Wilson Chase
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
This will always be one of my favorites!
This will always be one of my favorites!
I had given this play a fairly ordinary review when I first commented on it, simply because when I studied it at high school I was put off by the fact that Nora simply up and left, and in a way it felt like she had undergone an inexplicable and sudden change. However, after reading [book:Peer Gynt] ...
Ibsen is credited as the father of modern drama. Certainly this play backs that up. It looks at the realities of middle class life and has an emphasis on realism. It is also an attack on the falseness and hypocrisy of many marriages.However, despite the necessarily truncated story and fast action...
I think the translation takes some stuff out of it, but it's still pretty good.
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