A Doll's House is Henrik Ibsen's most well-known masterpiece. The play has exerted far-reaching impact on the development of Chinese ideology, literature and drama.

LU Xun and HU Shi, two Chinese famous writers, praised Nora's thoughts on the pursuit of personality independence and individual liberation. CAO Yu, TIAN Han and other prestigious Chinese dramatists also felt inspired by the drama. Since "Spring Willow Society of Shanghai" (a drama society) premiered canovaccio A Doll’s House for the first time in 1914, the work stands out as important testimony to the development of Chinese drama history.

The drama is directed by REN Ming, a well-known director of Beijing People's Art Theatre who also directed NCPA drama commissions Wangfujing and Returning Home on a Snowy Night. Except for the necessary abridgements, he left the original unaltered and created a work faithful to it, thus paying homage to Ibsen. The production shifts the focus from the feminist ideas emphasized in the original version of A Doll’s House to the more contemporary issues of marriage and family conflicts, aiming to arouse more contemporary thinking and empathy. Following Jane Eyre, Wangfujing, Returning Home on a Snowy Night, and Massage, it is another well-received NCPA drama with humanistic connotation.

Venue: NCPA Multi-functional Theatre

Dates: December 19 - 24, 2024