A Doll's Life
by Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Larry Grossman
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Synopsis
1994 Revised Version. Revived by The York Theatre Company to acclaim, this reworking of the original Broadway script and score puts this hauntingly beautiful show within the reach of smaller producing groups.
Thirteen actors double in several roles and two pianos create the sights and sounds of 19th-century Norway as Nora, Ibsen’s heroine from A Doll's House , tries to make her way in a male-dominated society after she slams the door on her former life.
Press Reviews
"We can now appreciate the beauties in the score and in the sharp, sometimes uncharacteristically hard-edged lyrics."
— The New York Times
"Changes pay off handsomely… Grossman’s sophisticated score has grown with age."
— New York Newsday
Characters
| Character |
|---|
NORA (Nansen)TORVALD HELMERTRAIN CONDUCTOROTTO BERNICK musician |
HAMSUN owner of a restaurant |
JOHAN BLECKER lawyer |
ERIC DIDRICKSON business giant |
DR. BERG well to do doctor |
GUSTAFSON successful businessman |
PETERSON opera conductor |
ASTRID KLEMNACHT an opera diva |
MULLER the cannery foreman |
SELMA cannery worker, later Nora's personal maid |
JAILERJACQUELINE LE BEAU a young Frenchwoman |
HUGO ZETTERLING coal industrialist |
KLOSTER lumber baron |
THE AMBASSADOR, LARS GRUNBORG Norway's Ambassador to England |
CAMILLA FORRESTER a beautiful actress |
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Publication
A Doll's Life is a play written by Adolph Green and published by Concord Theatricals (1996).
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Concord Theatricals · 1996 · 101 pp
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