A Doll's House, Play Critique

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A DOLL'S HOUSE
On October nineteenth, at eight o'clock PM, I went to the Hilberry Theatre in Detroit to see a play that was written by Henrik Ibsen in 1879, called "A Doll's House." A Doll's House" is a dark comedy about Nora Helmer's comfortable life which is in jeopardy. In an effort to keep a secret from her husband, Nora comes to a courageous decision that could change her life and happiness forever. The ticket cost was seven dollars. It was directed by Edward G. Smith, and performed by the actors/actresses Tyla Abercrumbie (as Kristina), Nikki Ferry (as maid), Christopher Kurtz (as Krogstad), Christopher Gilbert (as Torvald), Christi Marsico (as Nora), and Matt Sawyer (as Dr. Rank).
Mrs. Nora Helmer is a loose brained housewife of the Victorian era. Nora does not have any comprehension of the value of money or children; all she knows is that when you have money you are rich and can spend it, and children are there for her enjoyment. Her husband, Mr. Torvald Helmer, just got promoted to Manager of the Savings Bank, and tells Nora (his little "skylark") that even though he is making more money, she still cannot spend it all without thinking. During the Christmas holidays, her old friend Kristina, a widow for three years, comes over to visit, and they sit and reminisce about the past and what is now going on in the present. Nora tells Kristina that she spend a lot of money, from her now pasted away father, to go to a trip to Italy to save Torvald from overload from his last job in a governmental post. Panic later hits Nora when the banker Nils Krogstad come to inform Nora that the signature on the contract for which she signed to receive the money from her
father, was her own. In addition, the date was signed three days after her father died, making it a clear forgery. Krogstad threatens Nora with this forgery, because now his banking job is being threatened by Torvald, because he does not want anyone with a bad reputation workin...