A Global Doll S House

Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-13
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9788726864878

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A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Pdf

It is a play with a gentle, evocative name. But 'A Doll's House' is a story with a kick that continues to be felt today. Henrik Ibsen's play tells the story of Nora, who feels hemmed in by a male-dominated society and its expectations. When she illegally takes out a loan to pay for Christmas presents, she is blackmailed by one of her husband's colleagues. She is desperate for Torvald not to find out, so finds herself in the power of the sinister and dishonest colleague. When the truth gets out, Torvald confronts Nora, insults her and says she is "unfit to raise our children". He swiftly takes back his words, but it is too late. Nora has decided to do something truly shocking... Fans of Bertolt Brecht and August Strindberg will love this play, which challenges our acceptance of cultural and societal norms. Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) was a Norwegian-Danish playwright and theatre director. He was one of the founders of modernism in theatre and is regarded as "the father of realism". He influenced many giants of the playwright world, including George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, and George Bernard Shaw. His work has endured: only William Shakespeare's plays are performed more often than Ibsen's. His best-known works include 'Peer Gynt', 'A Doll's House', 'An Enemy of the People', and 'The Wild Duck'. Ibsen was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, 1903, and 1904.

Author : Julie Holledge,Jonathan Bollen,Frode Helland,Joanne Tompkins
Publisher : Springer
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137438997

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A Global Doll's House by Julie Holledge,Jonathan Bollen,Frode Helland,Joanne Tompkins Pdf

This book addresses a deceptively simple question: what accounts for the global success of A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen’s most popular play? Using maps, networks, and images to explore the world history of the play’s production, this question is considered from two angles: cultural transmission and adaptation. Analysing the play’s transmission reveals the social, economic, and political forces that have secured its place in the canon of world drama; a comparative study of the play’s 135-year production history across five continents offers new insights into theatrical adaptation. Key areas of research include the global tours of nineteenth-century actress-managers, Norway’s soft diplomacy in promoting gender equality, representations of the female performing body, and the sexual vectors of social change in theatre.

Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781398832862

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A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Pdf

At first glance, Nora Helmer appears to live the perfect life. She is married to the ambitious banker Torvald and is well provided for. But when she is blackmailed by one of her husband's colleagues, she is forced to re-examine her life along with her role as a frivolous, scatter-brained wife. First published in 1879, A Doll's House scandalized contemporary audiences and rewrote the rules of drama. It challenged notions of women's place in society and questioned every aspect of what constituted good conduct in domestic life. Ibsen's masterpiece was the first serious play to focus on ordinary people in everyday situations rather than on the lives of the upper classes. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classics series brings together high-quality paperback editions of classics works, presented with contemporary graphic cover designs. Together they make a wonderful collection which is perfect for any home library.

Author : Stephanie Finnegan
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Dollhouses
ISBN : 1579120776

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The Dollhouse Book by Stephanie Finnegan Pdf

The unique dimensions make this book a miniature dollhouse. The outside hard cover with the brick house opens in the center like many dollhouses to reveal the ornate interior of the book. On the pages inside, the hundreds of stunning pictures show every detail of the most amazing dollhouses from around the world. This striking package will be irresistible to collectors and dollhouse fanatics. Covering the gamut of historical periods and international designs, each two-page spread explores a select architectural style from a medieval castle to a space-age apartment. Examples of miniature businesses and stores from bakeries to butcher shops to corporate offices offer something for every type of doll house enthusiast, young and old. Photographs showcase both the exteriors, interiors and the dolls themselves. The book focuses on the life-like details that delight dollhouse devotees-from running faucets to cut marks on an inch-tall chopping block to leather-bound books with pages of flawlessly miniscule text. Descriptions of every house and all its hidden secrets accompany each spread.

Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1002556356

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A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Pdf

Author : Flora Gill Jacobs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1891105078

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The Small World of Antique Dolls' Houses by Flora Gill Jacobs Pdf

A landmark book by the country's foremost authority on antique dollhouses and their furnishings. Written in delightful prose with wonderful anecdotes and valuable descriptions, this work will become a standard reference for collectors and novice enthusiasts alike.

Author : Rumer Godden
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781509836703

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The Dolls' House by Rumer Godden Pdf

Tottie is a loving little wooden doll who lives with her family in a shoebox. The doll family is owned by two sisters, Emily and Charlotte, and they are very happy, except for one thing: they long for a proper home. To their delight, their wish comes true when Emily and Charlotte fix up a Victorian dolls' house - just for them. It's perfect. But then a new arrival starts to wreak havoc in the dolls' house. For Marchpane might be a wonderfully beautiful doll, but she is also terribly cruel. And she always gets her own way . . . First published in 1947, Rumer Godden's classic The Dolls' House has been delighting children for years, and this beautiful edition, illustrated by Jane Ray, will delight future generations for years to come.

Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780141964157

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A Doll's House and Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen Pdf

A Doll's House/Ghosts/Pillars of the Community/An Enemy of the People 'Our home has never been anything other than a play-house. I've been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Daddy's doll-child' These four plays established Ibsen as the leading figure in the theatre of his day, sending shockwaves throughout Europe and beyond. A Doll's House scandalized audiences with its free-thinking heroine Nora. Ibsen's even more radical follow-up, Ghosts, exposes family secrets and sexual double-dealing, while Pillars of the Community and An Enemy of the People both explore the hypocrisy and the dark tensions at the heart of society. This new translation, the first to be based on the latest critical edition of Ibsen's works, offers the best version available in English. A new translation by DEBORAH DAWKIN and ERIK SKUGGEVIK With an Introduction by TORE REM General Editor TORE REM

Author : Lucas Hnath
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781559368971

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A Doll's House, Part 2 (TCG Edition) by Lucas Hnath Pdf

“Smart, funny and utterly engrossing…This unexpectedly rich sequel reminds us that houses tremble and sometimes fall when doors slam, and that there are living people within, who may be wounded or lost…Mr. Hnath has a deft hand for combining incongruous elements to illuminating ends.” —Ben Brantley, New York Times It has been fifteen years since Nora Helmer slammed the door on her stifling domestic life, when a knock comes at that same door. It is Nora, and she has returned with an urgent request. What will her sudden return mean to those she left behind? Lucas Hnath’s funny, probing, and bold play is both a continuation of Ibsen’s complex exploration of traditional gender roles, as well as a sharp contemporary take on the struggles inherent in all human relationships across time.

Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1517686261

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A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen Pdf

A Doll's House (Norwegian: Et dukkehjem; also translated as A Doll House) is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th-century marriage norms. It aroused great controversy at the time, as it concludes with the protagonist, Nora, leaving her husband and children because she wants to discover herself. Ibsen was inspired by the belief that "a woman cannot be herself in modern society," since it is "an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint." Its ideas can also be seen as having a wider application: Michael Meyer argued that the play's theme is not women's rights, but rather "the need of every individual to find out the kind of person he or she really is and to strive to become that person." In a speech given to the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1898, Ibsen insisted that he "must disclaim the honor of having consciously worked for the women's rights movement," since he wrote "without any conscious thought of making propaganda," his task having been "the description of humanity." In 2006, the centennial of Ibsen's death, A Doll's House held the distinction of being the world's most performed play for that year. UNESCO has inscribed Ibsen's autographed manuscripts of A Doll's House on the Memory of the World Register in 2001, in recognition of their historical value.

Author : William L. Bird
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 1568989741

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America's Doll House by William L. Bird Pdf

From the Star-Spangled Banner flag to Dorothy's Ruby Slippers, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History is home to some fascinating objects. In fact, one of the most fascinating of these, and one of the most popular, is itself a home. On the museum's third floor sits a five-story dollhouse donated to the museum by Faith Bradford, a Washington D.C. librarian, who spent more than a half-century accumulating and constructing the 1,354 miniatures that fill its 23 intricately detailed rooms. When Bradford donated them to the museum in 1951, she wrote a lengthy manuscript describing the lives of its residents: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Doll and their ten children, two visiting grandparents, twenty pets, and household staff. Bradford cataloged the Dolls' tastes, habits, and preferences in neatly typed household inventories, which she then bound, along with photographs and fabric samples, in a scrapbook. She even sent museum curators holiday cards written by the Dolls. In America's Doll House, Smithsonian Institution curator William L. Bird, Jr. weaves this visual material and back-story into the rich tapestry of Faith Bradford's miniature world. Featuring vibrant photography that brings every narrative detail to life, America's Doll House is both an incisive portrait of a sentimental pastime and a celebration of Bradford's remarkable and painstaking accomplishment.

Author : Katherine Mansfield
Publisher : Modernista
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789180948548

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The Doll's House by Katherine Mansfield Pdf

»The Doll’s House« is a short story by Katherine Mansfield, first published in 1922. KATHERINE MANSFIELD, actually Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (later Murry), was born in 1888 in Wellington, New Zealand, and died in 1923 as a result of her pulmonary tuberculosis at a hospital near Fontainebleau, France. Mansfield left her homeland at the age of 19 and moved to Europe. In London, she established herself as a writer and became friends with Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence. Rumour has it that the latter infected her with the lung disease that became her demise, at the young age of 35.

Author : Venus Dodge,Martin Dodge
Publisher : David & Charles Uk
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 071539858X

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The Dolls' House Do-it-yourself Book by Venus Dodge,Martin Dodge Pdf

An introduction to the world of doll-houses and miniatures explains how to design and build houses, furnishings, fixtures, and accessories

Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9791041989614

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A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Pdf

"A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen is a groundbreaking play that explores themes of gender roles, marriage, and societal expectations. Set in 19th-century Norway, the play follows the story of Nora Helmer, a seemingly happy wife and mother who gradually comes to realize the suffocating constraints of her role in society. As Nora confronts the truth about her marriage and her own identity, she makes a daring decision that challenges the conventions of her time and sparks a fierce debate about women's rights and autonomy. With its powerful portrayal of a woman's struggle for independence and self-discovery, "A Doll's House" remains a timeless masterpiece that continues to resonate with audiences around the world. Ibsen's provocative exploration of human nature and societal norms has cemented his place as one of the greatest playwrights in history, and "A Doll's House" stands as a testament to his enduring legacy.

Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9386101475

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A Doll's House (World Classics, Unabridged) by Henrik Ibsen Pdf

A DOLL'S HOUSE is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th-century marriage norms. It aroused great controversy at the time, as it concludes with the protagonist, Nora, leaving her husband and children because she wants to discover herself. Ibsen was inspired by the belief that "a woman cannot be herself in modern society," since it is "an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint.