A Doll’s House

In this adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece by playwright Simon Stephens, the timeframe has been updated to the 1960s. In Ibsen’s play, Nora Helmer has secretly (and deceptively) borrowed a large sum of money to pay for her husband, Torvald, to recover from illness on a sabbatical in Italy. Torvald sees Nora as a silly, naive spendthrift, so it is only when the truth begins to emerge — and Torvald comes to appreciate the initiative behind his wife — that unmendable cracks appear in their marriage. Stephens’ adaptation premiered in London at the Young Vic Theatre in 2012.