The front door of Ibsen's A Doll's House may first have slammed shut in 1879, but it's a sound whose echoes and re-echoes continue to resonate. The crash of feminist selfhood, bursting through the catatonic tranquility of domestic order, originally scandalised 19th century Danish society, but with scandal now rather harder to come by, Ibsen's play has acquired a quieter, but infinitely more pervasive impact.read more
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:00AM on July 10, 2012