the doll house by: sarah atchison, shauntiara green, danielle walker
TRANSCRIPT
The Doll House
By: Sarah Atchison, Shauntiara Green, Danielle
Walker
Theatre History
• Swiss theatre historically has been dominated by religious themes
• During the 18th century the government suppressed the performing arts, but in the 19th century patriotic plays emerged
• During the Nazi period in Germany (1933–45), Zurich's Schauspielhaus (German: “Playhouse”) was an important centre for theatre, where many refugee writers, directors, and actors performed or staged productions.
Theatre History
• Nineteenth-century theatre describes a wide range of movements in the culture of the 19th century.
• In the west, they include Romanism, melodrama, the well-made plays of Scribe and Sardou, the farces of Feydeau
• the theme of Realism in theater was likeness to life and this movement sought to create theater that was a laboratory for the nature of relationships.
• The goal of a realism-era play was to set forth a functional or dysfunctional situation in an objective manner to an impartial audience.
• The audience is meant to view the characters as a visitor observes animals in a zoo.
Costumes
• In 1914, the Bernese association devoted to the protection of regional traditions published a pamphlet criticizing what it described as the nonsense surrounding the styles in national costumes.
• In the 1920s, the artistic committee of the Swiss Association called on artists throughout the country to portray people in traditional costumes
Costumes Continued…
Henrik Ibson
The Play
• A Doll’s house opens as Nora Helmer is telling Helene to hide the Christmas tree.
• Nora is treated as a childish, silly woman by her husband.
• a Doll’s house criticizes the traditional roles of men & women in the 19th century marriage.
• To many Europeans, this was scandalous
The play continued
• 1897 play by Norwegian playwright Hedrick Ibsen.
• Written 1 year after the Pillars of Society.
• The play was controversial when it first came out because it is critical to 19th century marriage norms
The play continued
• In Germany, the productions lead actress refused to play the part of Nora unless Ibsen changed the ending.
• In the alternate ending, Nora gives her husband another chance after he reminds her of her responsibility to their children
THE END!