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Monday, 07 September 2009 13:13 |
A Doll’s House
Burnside Players
Holden St Theatre
Season Closed
When there is an Ibsen script on in town, you have to take notice. Norwegian Henrik Ibsen is credited with revolutionising the play through his exemplification of the codified well-made play and by frankly addressing social issues, thus transforming the play from entertainment to art. In 1879 ‘A Doll’s House’ caused a stir with Ibsen’s criticism of the traditional roles of men and women in marriage. Still relevant today, it can be taken as a feminist statement, or more generally, an awakening by an individual to the power they have surrendered to others through their prior social conditioning.
The synopsis in the program sets the play across Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after. This is truly an unusual Christmas with |
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Monday, 07 September 2009 13:12 |
Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House
Presented by Burnside Players Have you ever had a secret, a secret that would change the way the world looked at you? What if someone threatened to reveal it? What lengths would you go to, to stop them? |
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Theatre review: Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Burnside Players EMMA ARBON 25/05/2009 12:34:00 PM Burnside Players have succeeded in the very difficult task of staging a classic script in a manner that remains true to the era in which it was set, while also providing the audience with an engaging, relevant and thought-provoking production. This production was painstakingly true to the 19th-century Norwegian setting of Henrik Ibsen’s play, with the exception of the more modern soundtrack, which complemented the drama well without detracting from its authenticity. |
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