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• Doll's House, A
  Doll's House, A

  noun

  a 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

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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A Doll's House

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

Lucas Hnath, who wrote Hillary and Clinton, has worked with Metcalf previously, on A Doll’s House, Part 2, winning the actress her first Tony in 2017.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2018

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

The best director prize had been expected to go to Oslo, which won for best new play, or A Doll’s House, Part 2.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 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