A Doll's House is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen,Denmark,on 21 December 1879,having been published earlier that month. The play is set in a Norwegian town circa 1879.
Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre,Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His major works include Brand,Peer Gynt,An Enemy of the People,Emperor and Galilean,A Doll's House,Hedda Gabler,Ghosts,The Wild Duck,When We Dead Awaken,Rosmersholm,and The Master Builder. Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare,and A Doll's House was the world's most performed play in 2006.
Zhou Shuren,better known by his pen name Lu Xun,was a Chinese writer,literary critic,lecturer,and state servant. He was a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in vernacular Chinese and classical Chinese,he was a short story writer,editor,translator,literary critic,essayist,poet,and designer. In the 1930s,he became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai during republican-era China (1912–1949).
Hu Shih (Chinese:胡適;pinyin:HúShì;Wade–Giles:Hu2 Shih4;17 December 1891 –24 February 1962),also known as Hu Suh in early references,was a Chinese diplomat,essayist and fiction writer,literary scholar,philosopher,and politician. Hu contributed to Chinese liberalism and language reform and advocated for the use of written vernacular Chinese. He participated in the May Fourth Movement and China's New Culture Movement. He was a president of Peking University. He had a wide range of interests such as literature,philosophy,history,textual criticism,and pedagogy. He was also a redology scholar.
New Youth was a Chinese literary magazine founded by Chen Duxiu and published between 1915 and 1926. It strongly influenced both the New Culture Movement and the later May Fourth Movement.
The New Woman was a feminist ideal that emerged in the late 19th century and had a profound influence well into the 20th century. In 1894,Irish writer Sarah Grand (1854–1943) used the term "new woman" in an influential article to refer to independent women seeking radical change. In response the English writer Ouida used the term as the title of a follow-up article. The term was further popularized by British-American writer Henry James,who used it to describe the growth in the number of feminist,educated,independent career women in Europe and the United States. Independence was not simply a matter of the mind;it also involved physical changes in activity and dress,as activities such as bicycling expanded women's ability to engage with a broader,more active world.
The New Culture Movement was a progressivist movement in China in the 1910s and 1920s that criticized classical Chinese ideas and promoted a new Chinese culture based upon progressive,modern ideals like elections and science. Arising out of disillusionment with traditional Chinese culture following the failure of the Republic of China to address China's problems,it featured scholars such as Chen Duxiu,Cai Yuanpei,Chen Hengzhe,Li Dazhao,Lu Xun,Zhou Zuoren,He Dong,Qian Xuantong,Liu Bannong,Bing Xin,and Hu Shih,many classically educated,who led a revolt against Confucianism. The movement was launched by the writers of New Youth magazine,where these intellectuals promoted a new society based on unconstrained individuals rather than the traditional Confucian system.
"Diary of a Madman",also translated as "A Madman's Diary" is a short story by the Chinese writer Lu Xun,published in 1918. It was the first and one of the most influential works written in vernacular Chinese in Republican era China,and would become a cornerstone of the New Culture Movement. Lu Xun's stories often critiqued early 20th century Chinese society,and "Diary of a Madman" established a new language and revolutionary figure of Chinese literature,an attempt to challenge conventional thinking and traditional understanding.
A Doll's Life was a 1982 musical with music by Larry Grossman,and a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. A sequel to the 1879 Henrik Ibsen play A Doll's House,it told the story of what happened to the lead character,Nora,after she left her husband and her old life behind to face the world on her own;in doing so,it examined several aspects of feminism and the ways in which women are treated.
The culture that led to the founding of the Republic of China and that flourished immediately afterwards was informed by two main concerns:the weakness of the government in the face of pressure by Western powers,including the United Kingdom,the United States,Germany,France,and Japan,and the seeming backwardness of the political system,which previously had held primacy over East Asia. It was this climate that led to the rapid changes and quick questioning of thousand year old traditions.
A Doll's House is an American drama television film that premiered on NBC on November 15,1959,as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series. It is directed and produced by George Schaefer,from a teleplay by James Costigan,based on Henrik Ibsen's classic play of the same name. The film stars Julie Harris and Christopher Plummer,who previously co-starred in Little Moon of Alban.
A Doll's House is a 1973 drama film directed by Joseph Losey,based on the 1879 play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. It stars Jane Fonda in the role of Nora Helmer and David Warner as her domineering husband,Torvald.
A Doll's House is a 1992 videotaped television production of the 1879 play of the same name by Henrik Ibsen. It was directed by David Thacker and first broadcast on BBC 2 on 21 November 1992,and was later shown on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre in the United States.
A Doll's House is a 1917 American silent drama film based on the eponymous 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen. The film was written and directed by Joe De Grasse,and stars Lon Chaney,William Stowell and Dorothy Phillips. Film historian Jon C. Mirsalis stated that director De Grasse's wife Ida May Park wrote the screenplay,but most sources attribute both the writing and directing of the film to De Grasse himself. The film is today considered lost.
Feminism in China refers to the collection of historical movements and ideologies aimed at redefining the role and status of women in China. Feminism in China began in the 20th century in tandem with the Chinese Revolution. Feminism in modern China is closely linked with socialism and class issues. Some commentators believe that this close association is damaging to Chinese feminism and argue that the interests of the party are placed before those of women.
Nora is a theatre show directed by Haris Pasovic and produced by the East West Theatre Company based in Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina. The show is based on Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play A Doll's House,which was translated into Bosnian by Munib Delalic. Nora is the story of a young successful couple who seemingly live a perfect life but suffer from marital problems under the surface.
A Doll's House is a 1922 American silent drama film produced by and starring Alla Nazimova and directed by her husband Charles Bryant. The couple released the film through United Artists. It is based on the 1879 play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen with the scenario written by Nazimova under the pseudonym Peter M. Winters. The film was the fourth silent version filmed of the play,being preceded by a 1918 Paramount film directed by Maurice Tourneur. The film is classified as being lost.
Rou Shi was a prominent left-wing Chinese writer and member of the May Fourth Movement. Executed on either 7 or 8 February 1931 by the Kuomintang government in Shanghai for his pro-Communist activities,he is considered one of the Five Martyrs of the League of Left-Wing Writers.
Lu Yin (1898–1934) was a Chinese feminist writer of the 20th-century. Her extensive body of work includes novels,short story collections and essays that explore the lives and hardships of Chinese women in the 20th century. Lu Yin is often associated with the May Fourth movement due to her support and espousing of its ideals during her academic career and its influences that are found in her literary works. During her writing career Lu Yin advocated for women's liberation through education and wrote many critical essays on what the steps to women's emancipation in China should look like. Due to the content of her work often reflecting feminist theory and her May Fourth movement involvement,Lu Yin is cited as a prominent figure in both the canon of May Fourth writers and notable women writers of China.
Bai Wei ( 白薇) was the pen name of Huang Zhang,born in 1894 in Zixing,in the south-east of Hunan. She also went by other names including Li,Ying,Su Ru,Chong,Laokao,Sufei,Lady Baiwei,Huang Yufa and Lady Suru. Bai Wei was a revolutionary playwright,poet,and fiction and essay writer. Most of her notable works remain plays.
