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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

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to actor Arian Moayed, who played Stewy on the hit HBO series Succession and more recently played Torvald Helmer in a production of A Doll’s House on Broadway.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2023

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

It’s written by Lucas Hnath, reuniting with Metcalf after A Doll’s House, Part 2, which saw her pick up a Tony for lead actress in a play.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 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

In the first draft of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Krogstad uses with his employer Helmar, because he is an old school fellow, the familiar “tu.”

From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker

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