A Doll's House (Danish and Bokmål: Et dukkehjem; also translated as A Doll House) is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is set in a Norwegian town c. 1879. The play concerns the fate of a married woman, who, at the time in Norway, lacked reasonable opportunities for self-fulfillment in a male-dominated world. Despite the fact that Ibsen denied it was his intent to write a feminist play, it was a great sensation at the time and caused a "storm of outraged controversy" that went beyond the theatre to the world of newspapers and society.
Adaptations (4)
A Doll's House has been adapted into 4 films, from 1959 to 2009. The most recent is Mabou Mines Dollhouse (2009).
A Doll's House1959 · film · 90 min · dir. George Schaefer · IMDb ↗IMDb7.2A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.
A Doll's House1973 · film · 106 min · dir. Joseph Losey · IMDb ↗IMDb6.0Nora Helmer lives a quiet life with her husband, Torvald, in a small Norwegian town. While he works diligently at a bank, she looks after their children. But Torvald doesn't know that several years ago, when he was very ill and she was desperate for money, Nora forged a loan document and has been secretly working to pay the money back ever since. The arrival of her friend Kristine prompts Nora to re-evaluate her life and confront Torvald.
- A Doll's House1973 · film · 105 min · dir. Patrick Garland · IMDb ↗IMDb6.4
Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed, and lives in fear of her husband finding out, and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But, when the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband's esteem.
Mabou Mines Dollhouse2009 · film · 120 min · dir. Lee Breuer · IMDb ↗IMDb7.3In this film, the director deconstructs the oft-staged Ibsen classic A Dollhouse.
