Nora (A Doll's House)
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 9, 2004
Closed Nov 13, 2004
Opened Nov 9, 2004
Closed Nov 13, 2004
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Running Time:
2hr. 10min.
2hr. 10min.
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In 1879, when Ibsen's A Doll's House was first performed, audiences were appalled by Nora's decision to leave home and hearth. Never mind that her husband, Torvald, was domineering and ungrateful, or that her supposed transgression was committed out of love for him. It was Nora's then-unthinkable act--the definitive slam of the front door--that set off a maelstrom of controversy across Europe.
Fast-forward to 2004. As boldly reconceived by Thomas Ostermeier, one of the four vanguard artistic directors leading Berlin's esteemed Schaubühne theater, Nora and Torvald inhabit a luxe apartment outfitted with high-toned modern art and up-to-the-minute technology--an essential and cleverly integrated component of their complicated lives. While Ostermeier--who makes his American directorial debut with Nora--has left a good portion of the original text intact, he has played daringly fast and loose with the play's climax, a resolutely modern solution that rivals Ibsen's in its capacity to shock.
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It's common knowledge that drug addicts habitually increase their dosages to get their accustomed kicks. Perhaps for similar reasons, European directors take abundant liberties in the hope of achieving shock levels that equal the jolt experienced by Henrik Ibsen's first audiences. It's a major challenge, since theatergoers were so throttled by A Doll's House when it first appeared that signs went up all over Oslo saying, "Do not discuss A Doll's House here."
Similar signs won't likely be posted anywhere as a result of Berlin director Thomas Ostermeier's skirmish with Ibsen's century-old text, known in Germany as Nora. Still, ticket buyers who are eager to keep abreast of the latest avant-[...]