A Doll's House

Ibsen's "A Doll's House," written two years after "The Pillars of Society," became a sensation and is now widely considered his most famous play. Required reading in many secondary schools and universities, the play was highly controversial upon its release due to its sharp criticism of 19th Century marriage norms. Despite following the structure of a traditional well-made play, the play breaks convention by ending with a discussion instead of an unraveling in its final act. Although Ibsen himself denied it, "A Doll's House" is often referred to as the first true feminist play.

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A Doll's House

Ibsen's "A Doll's House," written two years after "The Pillars of Society," became a sensation and is now widely considered his most famous play. Required reading in many secondary schools and universities, the play was highly controversial upon its release due to its sharp criticism of 19th Century marriage norms. Despite following the structure of a traditional well-made play, the play breaks convention by ending with a discussion instead of an unraveling in its final act. Although Ibsen himself denied it, "A Doll's House" is often referred to as the first true feminist play.

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A Doll's House

A Doll's House

by Henrik Ibsen

Narrated by Various

Unabridged — 2 hours, 30 minutes

A Doll's House

A Doll's House

by Henrik Ibsen

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Overview

Ibsen's "A Doll's House," written two years after "The Pillars of Society," became a sensation and is now widely considered his most famous play. Required reading in many secondary schools and universities, the play was highly controversial upon its release due to its sharp criticism of 19th Century marriage norms. Despite following the structure of a traditional well-made play, the play breaks convention by ending with a discussion instead of an unraveling in its final act. Although Ibsen himself denied it, "A Doll's House" is often referred to as the first true feminist play.


Editorial Reviews

USA Today

New, raw, gut-twisting and gripping. Easily the hottest drama this season.

Wall Street Journal

Bold, brilliant and alive.

Time

A thunderclap of an evening that takes your breath away.

Associated Press

The stuff of Broadway legend.

From the Publisher

Simon Stephens's agile new version [is] . . . quick and clear and full of subtle touches” —Susannah Clapp, Guardian

“A sensible, sensitive and spirited version . . . that chimes with the debt-laden times we're trapped in and poses still-pressing questions” —Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph

“The supple new version of the text by Simon Stephens is [a] great plus point . . . in this definitive take on a classic” —Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard

“An astute, often savagely funny version by Simon Stephens . . . And as the doll at the play's heart and hearth cracks like porcelain and the woman emerges, it's with a force that's shattering.” —Sam Marlowe, Metro

“Simon Stephens's new English-language version of the text . . . makes the characters' anxieties feel contemporary despite the period dress. "Feminism" may not have been in Ibsen's vocabulary, but he was undoubtedly concerned with the roles we all play and why.” —Financial Times

The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities - Lolita Lark

Maybe it's Nicholas Rudall's new translation. Maybe it's a matter of the gods. I couldn't put [A Doll's House] down. It's tight, and terse—reads like a fine short novel.

Evening Standard


A powerful statement of [Ibsen's] radical beliefs about gender, the folly of idealism and the nature of modern love.

The New Statesman


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.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940178399491
Publisher: Ashby Navis & Tennyson Media Publisher
Publication date: 02/03/2023
Edition description: Unabridged
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