A Doll’s House

Nora Helmer seems to have a perfect marriage until a secret debt, taken on to save her husband’s life, threatens to expose her—and reveals how little her husband truly sees her as an equal. In a famous final scene, Nora walks out of her comfortable home and slams the door on her old life, shocking audiences of its day. Ibsen’s revolutionary play exposed the hollowness of respectable marriage and the cage of expectations built around women, making it a founding work of modern drama and feminist theater. Taut, searching, and still startling, A Doll’s House changed the stage forever.