ABOUT THE PLAY Flashcards
The play does not . . .
The play does not succumb to melodrama.
- Ronald Gray
The play ‘might be . . .
The play ‘might be turned into a very ordinary French drama…’
- Shaw (Style of Drama)
A Doll’s House conquered . . .
A Doll’s House conquered Europe and founded a new school of dramatic art.
- Shaw (Influence of Ibsen’s Play)
The play is ‘crippled . . .
The play is ‘crippled . . . by its conformity to crude though popular standards’
- Ronald Gray (How the play is presented)
The play is ‘a . . .
The play is ‘a performance which constituted a watershed in the evolution of British theatre’
- Sally Ledger (How the play impacted theatre)
The play shows a . . .
The play shows a ‘critical scrutiny of the lives and values of the bourgeois classes’
- Sally Ledger
‘The ending was . . .
‘The ending was never a success’
- Elaine N. Long
The message of the play . . .
The message of the play is ‘much less political than it is about human nature…’
- Shannon Cron
‘The ending of the play is not . . .
‘The ending of the play is not . . . particularly tragic’
- George Bernard Shaw
Described the alternate . . .
Described the alternate ending as ‘a barbaric act of violence’.
- Ibsen
Described the alternate ending as . . .
Described the alternate ending as ‘a stronger indictment of male society’
- Reinert
‘A modern . . . ‘
‘A modern tragedy.’
- Ibsen
‘The play’s most radical aspect is . . . ‘
‘The play’s most radical aspect is that it presents a woman’s dilemma as a human dilemma, relevant to both sexes’
- Susanna Rustin
‘It is not a feminist play . . . ‘
‘It is not a feminist play, but ‘a description of society’
- Ibsen
