Doll's House, A

American  

noun

1. a play (1879) by Henrik Ibsen.

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A Doll's House Cultural  

1. (1879) A play by Henrik Ibsen about a woman who leaves her husband, who has always treated her like a doll rather than a human being, in order to establish a life of her own.

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Example Sentences

When last she passed through a doorway that changed world drama, Nora Helmer was an agitated young wife, leaving behind a husband and children and forging, via Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House,” a revolutionary path for women suffocating in unhappy marriages.

From Washington Post

Ibsen didn’t consider “A Doll’s House” a feminist play, but its impact was seismic.

From The New Yorker

Her other Broadway credits include “The Elephant Man” — playing the actress Madge Kendal in a production that included David Bowie as the disfigured John Merrick — “A Doll’s House,” “A Month of Sundays” and “Hedda Gabler.”

From Washington Post

Her other Broadway credits include “The Elephant Man,” ”A Doll’s House,” ”A Month of Sundays” and “Hedda Gabler.”

From Washington Times

Her other Broadway credits include "The Elephant Man," ''A Doll's House," ''A Month of Sundays" and "Hedda Gabbler."

From US News