{"product_id":"nora-a-dolls-house-new-edition-9781848429505","title":"Nora: A Doll's House: (new Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNora is the perfect wife and mother. She is dutiful, beautiful and everything is always in its right place. But when a secret from her past comes back to haunt her, her life rapidly unravels. Over the course of three days, Nora must fight to protect herself and her family or risk losing everything.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenrik Ibsen's brutal portrayal of womanhood caused outrage when it was first performed in 1879. This bold new version by Stef Smith reframes the drama in three different time periods. The fight for women's suffrage, the Swinging Sixties and the modern day intertwine in this urgent, poetic play that asks how far have we really come in the past hundred years?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNora: A Doll's House\u003c\/em\u003e was first produced by the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, in 2019, at Tramway, Glasgow. A new production opened at the Young Vic, London, in February 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt was a finalist for the 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, awarded annually to celebrate women who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStef Smith is a playwright whose work includes: \u003cem\u003eEnough\u003c\/em\u003e (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 2019); \u003cem\u003eNora: A Doll's House\u003c\/em\u003e (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, 2019; revived at Young Vic, London, 2020); \u003cem\u003eGirl in the Machine\u003c\/em\u003e (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 2017); \u003cem\u003eHuman Animals\u003c\/em\u003e (Royal Court Theatre, London, 2016); \u003cem\u003eSwallow\u003c\/em\u003e (Traverse Theatre, 2015); \u003cem\u003eRemote\u003c\/em\u003e (NT Connections 2015); \u003cem\u003eAnd The Beat Goes On\u003c\/em\u003e (Random Accomplice\/Horsecross); \u003cem\u003eCured\u003c\/em\u003e (The Arches, Glasgow); \u003cem\u003eWoman of the Year\u003c\/em\u003e (Òran Mór); \u003cem\u003eGrey Matter\u003c\/em\u003e (Lemon Tree, Aberdeen); \u003cem\u003eFalling\/Flying\u003c\/em\u003e (Tron, Glasgow); \u003cem\u003eRoadkill\u003c\/em\u003e (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2010 \u0026amp; 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAwards include: Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland for Best New Production, Amnesty International Expression of Freedom Award, Herald Angel Award, Total Theatre Award for Innovation, The Scotsman Fringe First Award (\u003cem\u003eRoadkill\u003c\/em\u003e); Scottish Arts Club Theatre Award for Drama, The Scotsman Fringe First Award (\u003cem\u003eSwallow\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe has been awarded the New Playwright Award by Playwrights Studio, Scotland. Stef was a member of the Royal Court National Writers Group in 2013. She is an Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50377639264530,"sku":"9781848429505","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_32201525-92d0-4ceb-8984-b4892dbeef08.jpg?v=1728628033","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nora-a-dolls-house-new-edition-9781848429505","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}