context of reception IBSEN

Cards (10)

Raymond Williams, Drama from Ibsen to Brecht, 1952?
It merely provides a reversal within the romantic framework; it is simply anti-romantic.
Kate Millett, Sexual Politics, 1971?
Nora confronted every convention that caged her within a child's toy structure.
James Joyce, 1900?
Ibsen offers us a theatre of monstrous epiphany, a perception of some illuminating truth arising out of dialectical conflict
Frederick Marker describing a 1930s performance in 1970?
The first act gave unmistakable warning of angry rebelliousness and bitter disappointment that were to follow
Manchester Royal Exchange, 2013?
The play is still as charged, intense and provocative as it was 130 years ago
Hattie Morahan on playing Nora at the Young Vic, 2012?
It's Ibsen's framing of that journey...that make it such a powerful and rich complex drama
Carrie Cracknell, The Guardian?
It is tempting to look at the plays politics as dated and dusty, but there are also complex dilemmas for many women which are no closer to being resolved.
August Strindberg, playwright?
Marriage was revealed as being far from diving institution
Daily News, 1889?
Simply because she finds that her husband is angry with her, and inclined to take a selfish view of the dilemma when the exposure comes
Brisbane Festival, 2014?
Whether set in 1879 or 2014, Ibsen's classic work makes it obvious fundamental inequalities surrounding gender roles, power, independence and money remain in our society.