A Doll's House AO5

John Hathaway (Torvald)

"Torvald is more of a doll than Nora"

Brian Johnston (play/Rank)

"the uncovering of an abyss concealed beneath the reality we think we inhabit"

Brittany Wright (Tarantella)

"the power of female sexuality, and the clash with patriarchal society"

Brittany Wright (Rank)

"a brutal and physical reminder of the consequences of sin"

Brandes (Torvald)

"stupidity arises from self-righteous egoism"

Clement Scott (contemporary) (Torvald)

"sensual and egoistical"

Joan Templeton (feminist)

"the power of the play lies not beyond but in its feminism"

Michael Meyer (existential)

"the need of every individual to find out the kind of person he or she really is"

Toril Moi (existential/Nora)

"Nora leaves to become human"

Ronald Gray (contemporary) (Nora)

"too theatrical" "detestable"

Hedwig Niemann Raabe (actress) (Nora)

"I would never leave my children."

M.W. Brun (contemporary) (Nora)

"a real wife would throw herself into her husband's arms"

Ian MacNiel's production (setting)

Revolving stage shows the restless nature of Nora's mind and her feeling of being trapped in the domestic sphere.

Judith Butler (gender)

Theory of gender performativity - gender is culturally influenced rather than innate

McNamara (gender)

"hegemonic masculinity" - a man's strength depends on the weakness of a woman