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Methuen Drama, 1980

World Classics

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (9), Female (4), Male (4), Unassigned (1)

...The slamming of the front door at the end of Ibsen’s delicate and electrifying play shatters the romantic masquerade of Nora and Torvald’s marriage. In their stultifying and infantilised relationship, they have deceived themselves and each...">

...The slamming of the front door at the end of Ibsen’s delicate and electrifying play shatters the romantic masquerade of Nora and Torvald’s marriage. In their stultifying and infantilised relationship, they have deceived themselves and each...

Faber and Faber, 1996

Faber Drama

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (8), Female (4), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...Nora Helmer, wife to Torvald and mother of three children, appears to enjoy living the live of a pampered, indulged child. But as her economic dependence becomes brutally clear, Nora’s acceptance of the status quo undergoes a profound...">

...Nora Helmer, wife to Torvald and mother of three children, appears to enjoy living the live of a pampered, indulged child. But as her economic dependence becomes brutally clear, Nora’s acceptance of the status quo undergoes a profound...

Methuen Drama, 2012

Modern Plays

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (10), Female (6), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...The slamming of the front door at the end of Ibsen’s delicate and electrifying play shatters the romantic masquerade of the Nora and Torvald’s marriage. In their stultifying and infantilised relationship, they have deceived themselves...">

...The slamming of the front door at the end of Ibsen’s delicate and electrifying play shatters the romantic masquerade of the Nora and Torvald’s marriage. In their stultifying and infantilised relationship, they have deceived themselves...

Oberon Books, 2004

Oberon Modern Plays

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (9), Female (4), Male (4), Unassigned (1)

...Nora loves her husband above everything. But when she risks her reputation in order to save him, the consequences force her to examine her devotion, and she finds herself struggling for her own life. Henrik Ibsen...">

...Nora loves her husband above everything. But when she risks her reputation in order to save him, the consequences force her to examine her devotion, and she finds herself struggling for her own life. Henrik Ibsen...

Faber & Faber, 2009

Faber Drama

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (6), Female (3), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...The Vaughans are all set to enjoy their new life together in their new home. Thomas has been promoted to a senior position in the Cabinet and Nora is delighted. At last, they can put their troubles behind them. However, all too...">

...The Vaughans are all set to enjoy their new life together in their new home. Thomas has been promoted to a senior position in the Cabinet and Nora is delighted. At last, they can put their troubles behind them. However, all too...

Oberon Books, 2019

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Acts: 3, Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (6), Female (3), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Niru is a young Bengali woman married to an English colonial bureaucrat – Tom. Tom loves Niru, exoticising her as a frivolous plaything to be admired and kept; but Niru has a long-kept secret, and just as she thinks she...">

...Niru is a young Bengali woman married to an English colonial bureaucrat – Tom. Tom loves Niru, exoticising her as a frivolous plaything to be admired and kept; but Niru has a long-kept secret, and just as she thinks she...

Methuen Drama, 2020

Student Editions

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (9), Female (4), Male (5), Unassigned (0)

...Ibsen's 1879 play shocked its first audiences with its radical insights into the social roles of husband and wife. His portrayal of the caged 'songbird' in his flawed heroine Nora remains one of the most striking dramatic depictions...">

...Ibsen's 1879 play shocked its first audiences with its radical insights into the social roles of husband and wife. His portrayal of the caged 'songbird' in his flawed heroine Nora remains one of the most striking dramatic depictions...

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...Henrik Ibsen struck an early blow for feminism in 1879 with this liberated tale of a wife who rebels. Juliet Stevenson plays Nora who finally revolts against her husband's perception of her as a doll-wife whose opinions count for nothing...">

...Henrik Ibsen struck an early blow for feminism in 1879 with this liberated tale of a wife who rebels. Juliet Stevenson plays Nora who finally revolts against her husband's perception of her as a doll-wife whose opinions count for nothing...

Methuen Drama, 2008

Student Editions

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (9), Female (4), Male (4), Unassigned (1)

...This Student Edition of A Doll's House provides a wealth of scholarly information, annotation and background to aid the study of Ibsen's seminal play. The slamming of the front door at the end of Ibsen’s electrifying play...">

...This Student Edition of A Doll's House provides a wealth of scholarly information, annotation and background to aid the study of Ibsen's seminal play. The slamming of the front door at the end of Ibsen’s electrifying play...

Methuen Drama, 1980

World Classics

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Acts: 5, Roles: Total (12), Female (2), Male (10), Unassigned (0)

...A bracing and eloquent attack against small-mindedness and reactionism, Ibsen called An Enemy of the People a comedy ‘based on a serious idea’. The play is set in a coastal town in Norway. Dr Stockmann has discovered...">

...A bracing and eloquent attack against small-mindedness and reactionism, Ibsen called An Enemy of the People a comedy ‘based on a serious idea’. The play is set in a coastal town in Norway. Dr Stockmann has discovered...

Faber and Faber, 1997

Faber Drama

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Acts: 5, Roles: Total (11), Female (2), Male (9), Unassigned (0)

...The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. Dr Stockmann attempts to expose a water pollution scandal in his home town which is about to establish itself as a spa. When his brother...">

...The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. Dr Stockmann attempts to expose a water pollution scandal in his home town which is about to establish itself as a spa. When his brother...

Faber and Faber, 2008

Faber Drama

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Acts: 5, Roles: Total (10), Female (2), Male (8), Unassigned (0)

...Power. Money. Morality. In a tight knit community a shocking discovery comes to light and threatens the lifeblood of the town. Truth and honour are pitched against wild ambition and corruption in Ibsen's emotional maelstrom...">

...Power. Money. Morality. In a tight knit community a shocking discovery comes to light and threatens the lifeblood of the town. Truth and honour are pitched against wild ambition and corruption in Ibsen's emotional maelstrom...

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...When a small town relies on tourists flocking to its baths, will a report of dangerously polluted waters be enough to shut them down? Henrik Ibsen weighs the cost of public health versus a town’s livelihood in An Enemy of the People...">

...When a small town relies on tourists flocking to its baths, will a report of dangerously polluted waters be enough to shut them down? Henrik Ibsen weighs the cost of public health versus a town’s livelihood in An Enemy of the People...

Currency Press, 2018

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Acts: 5, Roles: Total (8), Female (4), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...You can't stop me from choosing. You can keep me here by force. You have the power to do that. But my choice comes from deep inside me… What does it mean to be free? To be truly independent? Ellida...">

...You can't stop me from choosing. You can keep me here by force. You have the power to do that. But my choice comes from deep inside me… What does it mean to be free? To be truly independent? Ellida...

Methuen Drama, 2007

Modern Plays

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (5), Female (2), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Ghosts is Ibsen's formidably realistic play about the effects of previous generations on the young, a stinging satire on contemporary Norwegian society and morality, and a haunting tragedy that, more than a century since it premiered, still...">

...Ghosts is Ibsen's formidably realistic play about the effects of previous generations on the young, a stinging satire on contemporary Norwegian society and morality, and a haunting tragedy that, more than a century since it premiered, still...

Methuen Drama, 2008

Student Editions

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (5), Female (2), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Mrs Alving, the widow of the King’s Chamberlain, is opening an orphanage on her estate, dedicated to the memory of her late husband. Her son, Oswald, has returned for the ceremony, intent on staying the winter. Regina, Mrs. Alving’s maid...">

...Mrs Alving, the widow of the King’s Chamberlain, is opening an orphanage on her estate, dedicated to the memory of her late husband. Her son, Oswald, has returned for the ceremony, intent on staying the winter. Regina, Mrs. Alving’s maid...

Faber and Faber, 2009

Faber Drama

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (5), Female (2), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Norway, 1881. Mrs. Alving is ecstatic when her son Osvald visits after many years abroad. He has returned to celebrate the heroic memory of his dead father. But within hours of Osvald's homecoming his mother is forced to unearth the past...">

...Norway, 1881. Mrs. Alving is ecstatic when her son Osvald visits after many years abroad. He has returned to celebrate the heroic memory of his dead father. But within hours of Osvald's homecoming his mother is forced to unearth the past...

Faber and Faber, 2010

Faber Drama

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (5), Female (2), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Oswald, standing in the doorway then, the pipe in his mouth, it was as if I saw his father alive again. Mrs Alving is preparing for the opening of an orphanage, built in memory of her late husband. Her beloved artist...">

...Oswald, standing in the doorway then, the pipe in his mouth, it was as if I saw his father alive again. Mrs Alving is preparing for the opening of an orphanage, built in memory of her late husband. Her beloved artist...

Currency Press, 2017

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (5), Female (2), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Since the death of her charismatic but abusive husband, Helene Alving has been treading water in a sea of empty days. What keeps her going is a deeply held belief that salvation can only lie in telling her son Osvald the truth about his...">

...Since the death of her charismatic but abusive husband, Helene Alving has been treading water in a sea of empty days. What keeps her going is a deeply held belief that salvation can only lie in telling her son Osvald the truth about his...