Considering this play was written last century by Henrik Ibsen , he must have had a hard time from people because of its feminist over tones. The play portrays the woman as child like, unable to think for herself, with the husband always trying to protect her. However in the end it turns out the other way round. She is the strong one and in deed the one who is keeping the family together and in fact protecting her husband. The play is thought provoking, cleverly written and so true in many ways today.

I have mixed feelings on the performance of Janet McTeer who plays Nora. Her giddiness was definitely over the top, which irritated me at times. I thought this needed to be toned down a little. But then it may not have been her fault, the director may have wanted her to be exactly like this. However besides this her performance was convincing and you felt for her frustration and torture.

Lasting 3 and half hours the play is far too long. It needed to be cut back to about 3 hours to give it a little more zest. There were, particularly the last half hour plenty of opportunities to cut some of the dialogue which at times babbled on without having much to say. Nether the less I did enjoy it overall, but it could have been better.

(Darren Dalglish)