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Informationen zum Autor Byrony Laveny has been hailed as "one of the UK's most important playwrights" by the Observer. Her other erecent plays include Frozen and adaptations of The Magic Toyshop and Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her adaptation of the Finnish play Cherished Disappointments in Loce is also published by Oberon Books amd available from TCG. Klappentext In Byrony Lavery's new adaptation of one of Ibsen's finest plays, A Doll's House emerges as a thoroughly modern and edgy thriller for our times. Previously Lavery has adapted to the stage Kate Atkinson's Behind the Scenes at the Musuem and Angela Carter's The Magic Toyshop, as well as Jouko and Juha Turkka's Cherished Disappointments in Love and Mary Webb's Precious Bane. 'Ibsen's masterwork lays out a provocation to play around inside the heads of its characters - and get inside yours' The Stage 'Bryony Lavery's faithful new adaptation is emotionally astute' Sunday Times 'An accomplished adaptation from Bryony Levary' Daily Telegraph 'Lavery's subtly modern version makes light work out of explanation-laden conversations - while understanding crucially that it's what's not being said between husband and wife that counts most' Daily Telegraph'Ibsen's masterwork lays out a provocation to play around inside the heads of its characters - and get inside yours' The Stage 'Bryony Lavery's faithful new adaptation is emotionally astute' Sunday Times 'An accomplished adaptation from Bryony Levary' Daily Telegraph 'Lavery's subtly modern version makes light work out of explanation-laden conversations - while understanding crucially that it's what's not being said between husband and wife that counts most' Daily Telegraph Zusammenfassung Nora loves her husband above everything. But when she risks her reputation in order to save him, the consequences force her to examine her devotion, and she finds herself struggling for her own life. Henrik Ibsen's ground-breaking play created a huge sensation at its premiere in 1879 and is as fresh and pertinent as ever, with an unfading capacity to shock....
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Byrony Laveny has been hailed as "one of the UK's most important playwrights" by the Observer. Her other erecent plays include Frozen and adaptations of The Magic Toyshop and Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her adaptation of the Finnish play Cherished Disappointments in Loce is also published by Oberon Books amd available from TCG.
