Ibsen: A Doll's House

Plays in Production

by Egil Törnqvist

This 1995 critical study of Ibsen's A Doll's House addresses fundamental questions of text, reception and performance. What is the definitive 'version' of A Doll's House: original text, translation, stage presentation, radio version, adaptation to film or television? What occurs when a drama intended for recipients in one language is translated into another, or when a play written for the stage is adapted for radio, television or film? And to what extent do differences between the media and between directorial approaches influence the meaning of the play text? Discussions of these issues include an internal analysis of the dramatic text and comparative performance analysis, framed by the biographical background to the play and its impact on dramas by Strindberg, Shaw and O'Neill and on films by Ingmar Bergman. The book concludes with a list of productions and a select bibliography.

228 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Per Egil Törnqvist. From 1969 to 1997 he was professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Reviews

[Vendula · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three stars throughout the whole book, but I have to give it four stars for the ending — very ahead of its times. It was surprising & I loved it. Good for her!