OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Alan Stanford 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Henrik Ibsen

• Author Notes

  A new version based on a literal translation from the Norwegian by Paul Larkin.

• Setting

  A family home, sometime in the 1930s.

• Synopsis

  It is Christmas in the Helmer household. Nora Helmer lives a comfortable middle-class existence with two healthy sons and a husband who adores her. When past actions return to haunt her, however, she realises that the decision she must now make will change her life forever.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  11

• Female

  4

• Total

  15

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling possible. In the original Second Age production different child actors played the roles of Rikard and Ivan Helmer on alternate nights.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  10 November 2009

• Producer

  Produced by Second Age Theatre Company

• Original Venue

  The Helix
  

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