-
Doll's House, A
Doll's House, Anouna play (1879) by Henrik Ibsen.
-
A Doll's House
A Doll's House(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.
Doll's House, A
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Edna O’Brien met me on the doorstep of her small house in Chelsea, where she has lived for over thirty-three years, which, in deference to Ibsen, she has named A Doll’s House.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
Last season, for example, Lucas Hnath’s 2017 Broadway sensation A Doll’s House, Part 2 was performed in Pittsburgh and Portland and Fort Worth and St. Louis and Key West and 22 other cities.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2019
Rogers' Tony-winning "Oslo" enjoying the excellent company of Lucas Hnath's "A Doll's House, Part 2," Paula Vogel's "Indecent" and Lynn Nottage's "Sweat."
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2018
Kevin Kline looks like a strong favorite for Present Laughter and Laurie Metcalf is likely to walk away with the Tony for her A Doll’s House performance, though Laura Linney offers strong competition.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2017
When we turn to his next play, A Doll's House, we find that he has already made a great step in advance.
From Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship by William Archer
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.