British Universities Film & Video Council

moving image and sound, knowledge and access

Gender and Performance: ‘A Doll’s House’

Synopsis
A series of self-contained performance exercises, built around two scenes from Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’, primarily centred on the final scene of the play. This scene is presented by the same actors and with the same production team, in three different period sets and costumes - 1870s, 1950s and 1980s. The film examines the effects of the historical context on issues of gender, particularly changes in language and body language, and looks at the production/rehearsal process to see how certain decisions were arrived at, including choice of text, sets, costumes, make-up, staging, camera angles and characters.
Series
Approaching Literature, Course A210
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of production
1996
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
gender representation; Ibsen, Henrik (1828-1906)

Credits

Director
Mags Noble
Producer
Mags Noble
Writer
Lizbeth Goodman; Mags Noble; Richard Allen
Cast
Lizbeth Goodman 
Richard Allen 

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£44.99
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
180 minutes
Year
2011

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web
http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window
Phone
+44 (0) 1908 274066
Address
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Notes
NB. As of May 2016 Open University Worldwide are no longer distributing DVDs. They have posted this message on their website: ‘Unfortunately Open University Worldwide Limited has decided that product sales are no longer viable given the reduced funding to Higher Education institutions and diminishing demand for the products we have traditionally stocked. At present the Open University Students Association (OUSA) will continue to sell the "Good Study Guide", and we are in discussion with other possible distributors to continue to make The Open University’s products available for purchase. As soon as we have any information on other channels of distribution we will update this notice’. Some products are still available via second hand dealers on Amazon.co.uk

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 932 times.