A Doll House

by Henrik Ibsen Narrated by Calista Flockhart, Gregory Itzin, Jeannie Elias, JoBeth Williams, Tim Dekay, Tony Abatemarco

Overview

Nora Helmer has everything a young housewife could want: beautiful children, an adoring husband, and a bright future. But when a carelessly buried secret rises from the past, Nora's well-calibrated domestic ideal starts to crumble. Ibsen's play is as fresh today as it was when it first stormed the stages of 19th-century Europe.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at the James Bridges Theater, UCLA in September, 2011.

• Director: Rosalind Ayres
• Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
• Calista Flockhart as Nora Helmer
• Tony Abatemarco as Dr. Rank
• Tim DeKay as Torvald Helmer
• Jeannie Elias as Anne-Marie/Helene
• Gregory Itzin as Nils Krogstad
• JoBeth Williams as Mrs. Linde

Associate Producer: Christina Montaño. Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Sound Effects Artist: Tony Palermo. Editor: Wes Dewberry

Editorial Reviews

MAY 2012 - AudioFile

The last half-hour of this fine production of Ibsen’s 1879 domestic tragedy is completely riveting. Nora (Calista Flockhart) explains to her shocked and confused husband (Tim DeKay) why she must leave her family. The sound effect of her final door slam (heard all over Europe, theater lore maintains) is rendered in this audio as something like a pistol shot. What is just as effective is the comedy that director Rosalind Ayres emphasizes in some earlier scenes. Eva Le Gallienne, a famous Nora, has written about the importance of comic relief in Ibsen, and this production proves that claim without compromising its powerful conclusion. The minor roles of Nora’s children (performed too stridently) are the only weak notes in this exceptional audio drama. G.H © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170313105
Publisher:	L.A. Theatre Works
Publication date:	05/01/2012
Edition description:	Unabridged

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