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Quotidian's 'A Doll's House': Engulfed by Understatement

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20021120
Author:Dolores Whiskeyman

The Quotidian Theatre Company's adaptation of "A Doll's House" turns on an interesting conceit: It transports Henrik Ibsen's proto- feminist classic from 1879 Norway to 1918 Galveston, Tex. But it's hardly worth the trip: Whether it's the Gulf of Mexico or the fiords of Scandinavia beyond the parlor doors, the proof is in the playing, and on this point, Quotidian falls painfully short.

In his program notes, director-adapter Jack Sbarbori says his "reverent modification" of the play restores some of Ibsen's own cuts and deletes long soliloquies that "present a severe obstacle to an understated ...

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