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| − | by Henrik Ibsen. (Usually translated into English as ''[[A Doll House]]'' or ''[[A Doll's House]]'')
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| − | == Norwegian and European production ==
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| − | A three-act Norwegian play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. One of the classic realist plays from the 19th century, it premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month.
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| − | The play was controversial when first published, as it is sharply critical of 19th century marriage norms. Indeed an adapted version (without the controversial ending) was prepared by Ibsen for the German production, and this was for a long time used in a number of countries, including South Africa.
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| − | == South African productions ==
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| − | In English
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| − | Was first produced in English in South Africa in 1925, directed by C.G.S. (“Con”) de Villiers with the [[Unie-debatsvereniging]], University of Stellenbosch, [??]*** . ****Other versions include **,
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| − | [[CAPAB]]'s production of A doll's house by Henrik Ibsen, September 1975.
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| − | A Doll’s House. Dir by [[Clare Stopford]], Upstairs at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1990.
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| − | A Baxter Production of the version in English by Christopher Hampton was presented at the [[Baxter Theatre]] opening 3 June 1995 directed by [[Liz Mills]]. Decor and costume by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], lighting design by [[Brian Collins]]. Nora was played by [[Terry Norton]], [[Bianca Amato]] palyed Kristine Linde, [[Chris van Niekerk]] Torvald Helmer, [[Blaise Koch]] Nils Krogstad, [[David Alcock]] Dr Rank and [[Christina Beatty]] Anne Marie.
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| − | Afrikaans productions
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| − | Originally translated into Afrikaans by Mrs [[A.E Carinus-Holzhausen|Carinus-Holzhausen]] as [[Geleende Geld]] ("Borrowed Money") and produced by [[Paul de Groot]], with De Groot as Nils Krogstad, [[Hélèna Botha]] as Nora, [[André Huguenet]] as Torvald Helmer and [[Henry van Wyk]] as Dr Rank. Utilising the notorious version with the "happy ending" it opened in Caledon in February 1929, receiving varied criticism on tour – with moral indignation at Nora’s desertion of her husband on the one hand, and criticism of the happy ending from informed critics on the other. Ultimately however it still played for 200 performenaces. (See Binge, 1969; Huguenet 19*) Later produced by [[NTO]] as ''[[Die Poppehuis]]'', in a new translation by **.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Doll's_House
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| − | Binge, 1969; Huguenet, 1950; Hauptfleisch, 2011
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| − | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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