DOLL'S HOUSE, A Definition & Meaning

Doll's House, A

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a play (1879) by Henrik Ibsen.

A Doll's House

(1879) A play by Henrik Ibsen about a woman who leaves her husband, who has always treated her like a doll rather than a human being, in order to establish a life of her own.

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When last she passed through a doorway that changed world drama, Nora Helmer was an agitated young wife, leaving behind a husband and children and forging, via Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House,” a revolutionary path for women suffocating in unhappy marriages.

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Ibsen didn’t consider “A Doll’s House” a feminist play, but its impact was seismic.

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Her other Broadway credits include “The Elephant Man” — playing the actress Madge Kendal in a production that included David Bowie as the disfigured John Merrick — “A Doll’s House,” “A Month of Sundays” and “Hedda Gabler.”

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Her other Broadway credits include “The Elephant Man,” ”A Doll’s House,” ”A Month of Sundays” and “Hedda Gabler.”

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Her other Broadway credits include "The Elephant Man," ''A Doll's House," ''A Month of Sundays" and "Hedda Gabbler."

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Doll's House, A

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