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THE LAUREN KENNEDY
& ALAN CAMPBELL THEATRE

Current Production

''A Doll's House'' by Henrik Ibsen

Theatre at Barton

presents

A Doll's House

Thursday - Saturday, November 10-12, 8 p.m
Sunday, November 13, 3 p.m.

Lauren Kennedy and Alan Campbell Theatre
Barton College

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In the latter part of the 19th century, a new sensibility was emerging in theatre circles. No longer would audiences be satisfied with bombastic storytelling and rhetoric; fading were the broad gestures and exaggerated expressions of melodramatic fare, as well as the over-the-top, stock characters of comedy. This new style would become known as "dramatic realism." It sought to create believable circumstances onstage - real characters with real motivations. The impact was immediately profound. Empathy became the quintessential measuring stick of successful drama, which, in turn, changed the very course of Western theatre.

Presenting one of the iconic plays from the canon of dramatic literature is a privilege for any theatre, and Theatre at Barton is pleased to present one of the most controversial pieces of its time, A Doll's House, by the recognized "father" of dramatic realism, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Though the content seems relatively tame by our contemporary standards, this play was simultaneously called feminist, amoral, atheistic, and incited riots throughout Europe in the late 1870s.

Theatre at Barton is proud to present this outstanding play - with the sincere hope that no riots break out!

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