Finishing Up A Doll's House

As we finished up A Doll's House today, we watched snippets of interviews with actors and directors.  Let's start with the snippet of the interview with Hattie Morahan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swl84kmXStw  We didn't watch this interview, but you might like it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaYUfGEIrlU&t=1s  You may also watch another video of the play itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4DRYK2h0n4  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tz4yY0jrrk

In class, we watched the snippet of the interview with Dominic Rowan, the actor who played Helmer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRf6gNeKDSQ  as well as another snippet of an interview with Nick Fletcher, the actor who played Krogstad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTy8MPNWYeI

Carrie Cracknell was the director: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEffJ6b38Ns  Here is a little more from her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go4n7Gz5vIg

I'll finish with a link to Janet McTeer's discussion of an earlier production where she played Nora.  This production was staged in 1997: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ8BhPrHb7U&t=247s

With these videos in mind, here are a few more.

-- how do these interviews with actors and even a director help you understand A Doll's House more?

-- which questions would you want to ask of an actor and/or director of A Doll's House?  Why?

-- is A Doll's House a feminist play?  why?  why not?

-- is A Doll's House a humanist play?  why?  why not?

-- what happens to the play if we say that it was not intended to be a feminist play?  why?

-- how might a female director approach A Doll's House?

-- what goes missing from the play if we say that it is purely a feminist play?

-- what goes missing from the play if we say that it was not meant to be a feminist play?

And here are a few more unrelated questions.

-- compare the role of women in A Doll's House with the role of women today.

-- to what extent should directors and actors respect an author's interpretation of his own play?  why?

-- if you were to stage A Doll's House at MC, what would be your theme or central idea?  why?

-- should MC's Theater Department stage A Doll's House?  why?  why not?

-- do we need a newer film version of A Doll's House?  why?  why not?

It's interesting that we haven't talked about modern dress versions of A Doll's House. I think that they are becoming less in fashion now.   Here are some pictures for you.