When Henrik Ibsen wrote “A Doll’s House” in 1879 Denmark, it was unusual in portraying a domestic tale of a husband and wife rather than distant heroes. In Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s current production, top-notch acting and direction make the play feel like it could have been written today and also allow us to feel all the characters’ intense and very human emotions.
While long gowns and suits (costumes by Theresa Hill) clearly reflect the play’s 19th-century setting, the characters’ attitudes, circumstances and how they speak to each other are not so different from today. In fact, wife Nora (Ceili Lang) is a little like Cher in the 1990s movie “Clueless” — pretty and well-meaning but a little ditzy about money.
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