Hattie and Nora: women on the verge
Nora in A Doll's House is right up there on the list of big theatrical roles for women; Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play provides a richly complex female central character, who ultimately leaves her babying, patronising husband " and her children " so she can discover who she really is. The play has also, of course, been seen as a game-changer in feminist literature and, for its move towards realism, in theatre history.