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, co

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 working at his bank. Nora is left with the decision to accept her fate, or to convince Torvald to let Krogstad keep his job. Of course Torvald thinks what Nora is saying is erroneous, and reassures Nora what he is doing is for the better. Nora goes into deeper depression and despair, going through moments of cover up and embarrassment, until the day comes where Krogstad gets laid off, and he drops a notice letter of the forgery in Torvald's locked mailbox (only Torvald has the key). For a while Nora claws at the mail box and then tries to keep Torvald occupied from it for the longest time she can, until he can no longer take Nora's silly games and opens the box and reads the letter inside. Outraged, Torvald screams at Nora, and admits she is the ruin of him. Later on Kristina, talks to Krogstad and convinces him out of his evil ways, and they decided to get married, causing Krogstad to drop another letter (a letter of apologies), into the mailbox. Torvald sees the letter, opens it, and is instantly relieved. Torvald throws all the evidence of the forgery into the fireplace. He now settles from his anger, and tries to soothe, poor, ignorant and stupid Nora. But Nora, through this experience, has changed her opinions about Torvald, the children and money. She tells Torvald that they never had a real wife to husband conversation ever since they got married, and Torvald never treated her as a person; just a pet, his little "skylark," here just for his enjoyment. Same with the children. Nora leaves Torvald and the family for something better, something that she finally wants out of life.

The acting and characterizations were, overall, very well thought out and directed. The acting was appropriate for the specific scenes: each energy levels were expressed in a solid and reasonable manner, with appropriate added blocking and business. For example, in the last scene, Torvald's anger and fear of being alone and with no one to control, loses his own self control, and kicks over most of the stage properties and set pieces, such as the rocking chair and a coffee table. Voice projection was also something I could not ignore. The actors were so well trained with the voice, that even when standing by the service bar in the lobby, I could hear every word very clearly. Most of all the dialogue was clear, except

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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)