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A Global Doll's House

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-43899-7

ISBN: 978-1-137-43898-0

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK - Springer Journals

Sep 16, 2016

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Introduction

Holledge, Julie; Bollen, Jonathan; Helland, Frode; Tompkins, Joanne

Pages: 1 –23

[The introduction contextualises Ibsen’s play itself and its global popularity. We establish the distant reading perspective that enables us to conduct a digital humanities analysis to answer the question: what accounts for the global success of this play? We consider the question from two...
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Mapping the Early Noras

Holledge, Julie; Bollen, Jonathan; Helland, Frode; Tompkins, Joanne

Pages: 29 –70

[Maps showing this first wave of globalisation of the play are the distant visions that structure this chapter; the patterns on these maps challenge conventional narratives of Ibsen’s career by revealing an early commercial history of his most popular play. Twenty-two Noras were responsible for...
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‘Peddling’ Et dukkehjem: The Role of the State

Holledge, Julie; Bollen, Jonathan; Helland, Frode; Tompkins, Joanne

Pages: 71 –110

[This chapter investigates three ways in which Norway has contributed to shaping the play’s production history. The first pattern maps the touring trajectories of the early Nordic Noras, who created a major interpretative tradition. The second shows the regional and global flows of Nordic artists...
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Adaptation at a Distance

Holledge, Julie; Bollen, Jonathan; Helland, Frode; Tompkins, Joanne

Pages: 117 –156

[This chapter addresses the diversity of adaptations of Ibsen’s play. Using eleven productions for geographical, temporal, and interpretative range–Britain 1889, the USA 1938 and 1987, India 1958, Germany 1981, Nigeria 2006, Japan 2006, Pakistan 2006, Malawi 2006, China 2010, and Chile 2012–the...
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Ibsen’s Challenge: The Tarantella Rehearsal

Holledge, Julie; Bollen, Jonathan; Helland, Frode; Tompkins, Joanne

Pages: 157 –196

[Investigating multiple versions of a single scene from Ibsen’s play, the tarantella rehearsal, this chapter examines patterns from 150 productions. The prototype tree design includes a trunk (the most recurring image) as the iconic image of Nora with the tambourine raised above her head...

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