A Global Doll's House: Ibsen and Distant Visions

di Julie Holledge (Autore)

Jonathan Bollen (Autore)

Frode Helland (Autore)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

This book addresses a deceptively simple question: what accounts for the global success of A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen’s most popular play? Using maps, networks, and images to explore the world history of the play’s production, this question is considered from two angles: cultural transmission and adaptation. Analysing the play’s transmission reveals the social, economic, and political forces that have secured its place in the canon of world drama; a comparative study of the play’s 135-year production history across five continents offers new insights into theatrical adaptation. Key areas of research include the global tours of nineteenth-century actress-managers, Norway’s soft diplomacy in promoting gender equality, representations of the female performing body, and the sexual vectors of social change in theatre.

• Autore: Julie Holledge, Jonathan Bollen, Frode Helland
• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Collana: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology
• Anno: 2021
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 233 p.
• Dimensioni: 210 x 148 mm
• EAN: 9781349683789

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