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A Doll's House (Adamson)

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 3m, 1girl(s), 1boy(s)

A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
In a new version by Samuel Adamson

"The most exciting translator of his generation. Samuel Adamson's version is fluent, pointedly modern but never obtrusive." - Carole Woddis, What's On.

Specially commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Southwark Playhouse, Samuel Adamson's version of A Doll's House brings zest to t…

A Doll's House (Adamson)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 3m, 1girl(s), 1boy(s)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Summary
Specially commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Southwark Playhouse, Samuel Adamson's version of A Doll's House brings zest to this classic play. Thus, the story of Nora, the delicate and over-protected wife of Torvald Helmer, who bravely walks away from her confined marriage in a quest for freedom and self-enlightenment, remains poignant and real for modern-day audiences. Naïvely, Nora has secretly borrowed money for her husband by forging her father's signature. Krogstad, her creditor, has discovered her fraud and threatens to expose her in order to ruin Torvald. When Torvald finally finds out, Nora is appalled that he would protect his own reputation rather than support her.
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting A living-room
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Media

"The most exciting translator of his generation. [Samuel Adamson's] version is fluent, pointedly modern but never obtrusive." - Carole Woddis, What's On.

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Authors

Samuel Adamson

Samuel Adamson’s plays include Frank & Ferdinand(National Theatre Connections), Southwark Fair, (National Theatre), Mrs. Affleck(from Ibsen’s Little Eyolf, National Theatre), Boston Manor(Theatre 503/Theatre Voice), Fish and Company(National Youth Theatre/Soho Theatre), Clock ...
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Henrik Ibsen

At age 23, Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) became theatre director and resident playwright of the new National Theatre at Bergen, charged with creating a national drama. He directed the Norwegian Theatre in Kristiana from 1857 to 1863, when the theatre went bankrupt. He then set off ...

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