A Doll's House

Niru is a young Bengali woman married to an English colonial bureaucrat - Tom.

Tom loves Niru, exoticising her as a frivolous plaything to be admired and kept; but Niru has a long-kept secret, and just as she thinks she is almost free of it, it threatens to bring her life crashing down around her.

Tanika Gupta reimagines Ibsen's classic play of gender politics through the lens of British colonialism, offering a bold, female perspective exploring themes of ownership and race.

About the author

Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Tanika Gupta

Summary

Niru is a young Bengali woman married to an English colonial bureaucrat – Tom.

Tom loves Niru, exoticising her as a frivolous plaything to be admired and kept; but Niru has a long-kept secret, and just as she thinks she is almost free of it, it threatens to bring her life crashing down around her.

Tanika Gupta reimagines Ibsen’s classic play of gender politics through the lens of British colonialism, offering a bold, female perspective exploring themes of ownership and race.

Product details

• Authors: Tanika Gupta, Henrik Ibsen, Ibsen Henrik
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2021
• EAN: 9781350262720
• ISBN: 978-1-350-26272-0
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Modern Plays; Oberon Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; DRAMA / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Ireland, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Feminism & feminist theory, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Feminism and feminist theory, Plays, Playscripts