Stage: Maison de Poupée (Paris)

Théâtre de la Madeleine; Paris; February 16 – May 27, 2010

Michel Fau’s Maison de Poupée – Ibsen’s A Doll House in Terje Sinding’s widely used French translation – deliberately made use of exaggeration and melodrama, yet managed to render the story of Nora’s realization convincingly. Purportedly guided by the well-known Ibsenism, “Life is not sad—life is ridiculous—and that’s what makes it unbearable,” the production was witty and captivating, both because of and despite its courting of the absurd.

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