Seattle Rep's A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2: Beyond the Theatre
Seattle Repertory Theatre presents A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 by Lucas Hnath from March 15 to April 28, 2019. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books, films and music to enhance your experience of the show.
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A Doll's House, Part 2
The script of A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2, for your reading pleasure.
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A History of Marriage
Hnath's Nora would be surprised to learn that the institution of marriage has persisted to this day, although it has evolved in many ways. In this comprehensive history, Abbott unpacks all the baggage.
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Sharp
Dean profiles ten witty women, heirs to Nora Helmer, including Dorothy Parker, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Joan Didion and Nora Ephron.
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The Female Complaint
This female-centric anthology includes thirty-six stories by women authors that feature ”female characters who follow their own paths . . .women who stand up for themselves, for each other, for their beliefs.”
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Scandinavians
Among other topics in this wide-ranging history of the North, Ferguson explores “the power and mystique of Scandinavian women, from the Valkyries to the Vikings; from Nora and Hedda to Garbo and Bergman.”
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The H-spot
140 years after Nora walked out that door, the system is still rigged against the pursuit of happiness for women. Filipovic explores how women could have come so far, and still be so far from happy.
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Madame Bovary
Flaubert’s Emma Bovary was the first of a succession of great tragic trapped wives of the 19th century literature, including Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, and Edna Pontellier from Kate Chopin's The Awakening. Of them all, only Nora Helmer survived for a sequel.
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Difficult Women
This collection of stories is unified in its theme—the struggles of women claiming independence for themselves—but wide-ranging in conception and form.
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Cello sonata
Listen to the music that was burning up the charts in Norway when A Doll’s House first premiered, from Ibsen's contemporary and occasional collaborator, Edvard Grieg.
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The Henrik Ibsen Collection
This DVD set includes film and radio adaptations of all of Ibsen's major plays, including a compelling 1992 BBC film of A Doll's House starring Juliet Stevenson as Nora.
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