| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing India Private Limited |
| Publication Year |
2008 |
| ISBN-13 |
9781408106020 |
| ISBN-10 |
1408106027 |
| Binding |
Paperback |
| Number of Pages |
160 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Weight (grms) |
139 |
The slamming of the front door at the end of A Doll's House shatters the romantic masquerade of the Helmers' marriage. In their stultifying and infantilised relationship, Nora and Torvald have deceived themselves and each other both consciously and subconsciously, until Nora acknowledges the need for individual freedom. A revised student edition of classic set text: A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian middle class marriage on stage. The play ushered in a new social era and "exploded like a bomb into contemporary life". "Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic centre of Ibsen's genius, have beaten academic versions from the field" (George Steiner)
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906), the Norwegian playwright and theatre director, is hailed as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential figures in modern theatre. His repertoire includes seminal works like "A Doll's House," a groundbreaking play that challenged societal norms. Set in a bourgeois environment, it scrutinizes gender roles and marriage conventions. Ibsen's impact extends globally; his plays, written in Dano-Norwegian, have shaped the works of renowned authors like George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde. He is recognised as a modernist pioneer as well as "the father of realism" in play.
Henrik Ibsen
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