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TITULAR MISCHIEF by John Simon

The other day I read about the Williamstown Theater Festival presenting Ibsen's A Doll's House, which title is used again and again even though it is wrong. I have waged a campaign, to no apparent avail, on behalf of the correct A Doll House. Not calling the play that is a serious mistake.Ibsen's point is that the husband, Torvald, has turned his wife, Nora, into a doll"not a full-fledged human being, but a plaything…

SOURCE: John Simon at 01:10PM on July 28, 2011

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