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Preview by Jack Foley
THE internationally-acclaimed Galleon Theatre Company will next
present Michael Meyer’s translation of A Doll’s
House, by Henrik Ibsen, at the Greenwich Playhouse from
December 7 to January 9, 2005.
Set at Christmas, against an apparently idyllic backdrop of marital
bliss and domestic cheer, A Doll’s House shows
that marriage is not sacrosanct, and that the prime duty which
an individual has is to discover who they are and then to become
that person.
Although when originally staged in 1879 Ibsen’s play caused
controversy, by the end of the century there was scarcely a country
where it had not been performed.
Commented Ibsen: "A woman cannot be herself in modern society.
It is an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with
prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine
stand point."
A Doll’s House was first performed in London in
1889. It sounded a death knell on ‘Victorian Values’
and paved the way for writers such as George Bernard Shaw, Thomas
Hardy and a whole host of ‘New Woman’ novelists.
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Ibsen was the most important playwright
of his generation. His plays changed the main current of European
literary thinking and remain to this day popular, relevant and
thought provoking.
A Doll’s House is staged by the critically acclaimed
Galleon Theatre Company and the production is led by director,
Bruce Jamieson, and producer, Alice De Sousa.
Jamieson has previously directed over 20 Galleon productions;
acted some 60 stage plays, and his television and film work includes:
Roughnecks (BBC); In Suspicious Circumstances (Granada); Crime
Solver (BBC); Ali G - Inda House (Universal), and Monarch of the
Glen (Ecosse).
Alice De Sousa, meanwhile, has produced over 60 stage plays;
played leading roles in some 30 theatre productions; written several
acclaimed theatre scripts; and was recently awarded by the American
Biographical Institute, the distinction of ‘Great Women
of the 21st Century’ and nominated for the ‘Woman
of the Year Award 2004’.
These awards recognise the impact on society of the work of 1,000
prolific women throughout the world.
The cast for A Doll's House will be Martin Beere, Alice Grace,
Alex Hutchinson, Kate Izon, Stephanie Nielson, and Stephen Russell-Bird.
Greenwich Playhouse, Greenwich Station Forecourt, London,
SE10 8JA.
Box Office: 020 8858 9256; boxoffice@galleontheatre.co.uk
Tickets: £10, £8 (concs)
Editor's note: No Performances on Dec 24, 25, 26, 31, or Jan 1
& 2.
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