Ibsen - A Doll's House

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Drama on 3: Ibsen - A Doll's House

Indira Varma

Toby Stephens

Shaheen Khan

Shiv Grewal

Rani Moorthy

Conrad Nelson

James Allen

Nadia Molinari

Henrik Ibsen - A Doll's House

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A Doll's House

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Henrik Ibsen - A Doll's House

Ibsen's play transposed to India, 1879: Can Niru save her huband's reputation?

4 Extra Debut. Ibsen's groundbreaking play transposed to India, 1879: Can Niru survive saving her husband Tom’s reputation? Stars Indira Varma.

Tanika Gupta transposes the setting of Henrik Ibsen's classic play to India in1879.

'Nora', now Niru, is an Indian woman married to 'Torvald', now Tom, an English man working for the British Colonial Administration in Calcutta. 

Niru risks her own reputation in order to save her husband's and in the process discovers herself. 

Starring  Indira Varma and Toby Stephens.  

This fresh version of A Doll's House takes a fresh look at the play shining a light on British colonial history and race relations as well as gender politics and class.
 
Niru ..... Indira Varma
Tom ..... Toby Stephens
Mrs Lahiri ..... Shaheen Khan
Kaushik Das ..... Shiv Grewal
Uma ..... Rani Moorthy
Dr Rank ..... Conrad Nelson
Bob ..... James Allen
Peter ..... Matthew Allen
Tabla Maestro ..... Shahbaz Hussain
Dancer ..... Anjum Malik
 
Director: Nadia Molinari
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in October 2012.

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