A Doll's House

A Doll’s House, Ibsen’s most widely read and adapted play, invited both ire and awe when it was first performed for its portrayal of nineteenth-century gender dynamics. Nora Helmer, a housewife and mother of three, spends her time being coddled and corrected by her husband, a banker named Torvald. The arrival of a series of unexpected guests over Christmas forces Nora to confront a long-buried secret and the crushing reality of her marriage.