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  • His version of A Doll's House shocked many British critics in 2004 because it ended not with Nora slamming the door behind her, but with her pulling a gun on her husband; his Hedda Gabler, which arrived here four years later, presented the heroine as a bored, sulky child rather than a proto-feminist straining at the leash.

    Thomas Ostermeier: 'Hamlet? The play's a mess' 2011

  • There have been books in which women say horrible things about lovers and husbands - think of Anna Kashfi's "Brando for Breakfast," Erica Jong's psychiatrist husband in "Fear of Flying," Claire Bloom's depiction of Philip Roth in "Leaving a Doll's House," and Amy Wallace's sad memoir perhaps she wasn't angry enough "Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda."

    Stanton Peele: Anatomy of Gabrielle Hamilton's Loveless Marriage Stanton Peele 2011

  • Later in the spring 31 Mar-14 Apr, the Belgrade will stage August Strindberg's 1887 play The Father, written in response to A Doll's House, and another piece exploring the role of women in the family.

    This week's new theatre and dance 2012

  • Midway through a Shared Experience run of Ibsen's A Doll's House, she began to find that she simply could not separate the anguish of her character, Nora, from her own life.

    The Saturday interview: Anne-Marie Duff 2011

  • Ingmar Bergman's 1981 psychological drama, itself an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1879 masterpiece A Doll's House is revived here by director Patricia Benecke.

    This week's new theatre and dance 2012

  • I'm less interested in Black Devil Doll's warning on its official site ( "THIS FILM OFFENDS EVERYONE") and more interested in the disclaimer included the end of this trailer, "If the thought of a wayward white woman having sexual relations with a demonic jive ass black puppet offends you, DO NOT SEE Black Devil Doll."

    This should be a huge smash 2009

  • Following up on the events of the first volume, in which Morpheus was imprisoned and the Dreaming World left unchecked until he eventually escaped and reclaimed his property, The Doll's House has him cleaning up some of the mess left behind in his absence.

    Archive 2010-06-01 2010

  • She is a major star on stage, best known for her Tony-winning performance as Nora in a 1997 production of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House," and as Mary Queen of Scots in a Broadway production of "Mary Stuart" in 2009.

    The Other Woman in 'Albert Nobbs' Rachel Dodes 2011

  • Following up on the events of the first volume, in which Morpheus was imprisoned and the Dreaming World left unchecked until he eventually escaped and reclaimed his property, The Doll's House has him cleaning up some of the mess left behind in his absence.

    Getting Graphic: "The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House" by Neil Gaiman 2010

  • Margaret Drabble reads Katherine Mansfield's 1922 story The Doll's House - the first adult short story she ever read - in which the gift of the perfect dolls' house to the children of a wealthy family shows up the deep social divisions in their village community.

    Short stories: Margaret Drabble and Katherine Mansfield 2011

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