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There have been plenty of recent re-imaginings of Ibsen’s play, from Tanika Gupta’s version at the Lyric Hammersmith to Stef Smith’s at the Young Vic. But this is something a little bit different that might be described as a sequel. American playwright Lucas Hnath’s play begins 15 years after Ibsen’s play ends, opening with Nora returning to her old family home and knocking on the door she so resolutely slammed behind her. She’s now reinvented herself as a successful novelist. James Macdonald directs Noma Dumezweni in the 2017 play, which garnered eight Tony nominations on Broadway and which the New Yorker described as a “naughty imposition on a classic, which, in addition to investing Ibsen’s signature play with the humour that the 19th century artist lacked, raises a number of questions such as what constitutes an individual achievement in this age of the simulacrum, when everything owes something to something else.”
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Fifteen years after Nora Helmer slammed the door on her stifling marriage, she’s back with an urgent request. But first she must face the family she left behind. Directed by James Macdonald, with a cast led by double Olivier Award-winner Noma Dumezweni, Lucas Hnath audaciously picks up where Ibsen’s revolutionary masterpiece left off. And no, you don’t need to have seen Part 1. Age Recommendation: 15+