A Doll's House
Paperback, 96 pages ISBN: 9781559365253Publication Date:
15 Sep 2016
Size: 215mm x 135mm£18.99
First Staged:
Broadway, 1937

A Doll's House

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Thornton Wilder

Paperback £18.99

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Thornton Wilder's scintillating version of Ibsen's classic play.

First seen on Broadway in a 1937 production starring Ruth Gordon, Wilder's version of A Doll's House was revived to great acclaim by TFANA (Theatre For A New Audience) in 2016.

Wilder uproots Ibsen's play from Norway and reimagines it through an American lens. Ibsen's naturalistic style melds with Wilder's knack for emotional nuance to create a powerful, unforgettable version of the play.

'The character of Nora has fascinated me for a long time but I felt that the play, in the form I knew, was too dated. I would not have been interested in accepting the part in the Archer version, because the lines were too stiffly artificial and lacked conviction. The Thornton Wilder adaptation, however, has restored life and credibility to a drama, which is still one of the finest efforts in our theatrical literature.' Ruth Gordon, Cincinnati Times-Star, 27 October 1937

'It's a thrill to encounter this collaboration between these two pioneers of modern theater. Wilder has created a brilliant version of Ibsen's great play, which is taut, conversational and pulsing with life nearly eighty years after it was written. Of course, Wilder worked on A Doll's House while writing Our Town. There are incredible echoes between Nora and Emily - two young women who poignantly confront their own mortality and must say good-bye to life as they know it.' Arin Arbus, director, A Doll's House, Theatre for a New Audience, May 2016

Paperback,96 pages ISBN: 9781559365253Publication Date:
15 Sep 2016
Size: 215mm x 135mm£18.99

Also by Henrik Ibsen:

Rosmersholm
An Enemy of the People
The Wild Duck
Ghosts
Judgement Day
Hedda Gabler
Peer Gynt
Rosmersholm
The Lady from the Sea
Hedda
Hedda Gabler
A Doll's House
The League of Youth
An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People
Nora : A Doll's House
A Doll's House
John Gabriel Borkman
Hedda Tesman
John Gabriel Borkman
Little Eyolf
Ibsen: Three Plays
The Master Builder
A Master Builder
The Master Builder
The Lady From the Sea
Emperor and Galilean
Peer Gynt
Hedda Gabler
Ghosts
John Gabriel Borkman

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Also by Thornton Wilder:

The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder: Volume II
The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder: Volume I

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