Dolls House Casting Nora And Torvald
Briefly outline and justify your casting decisions for Nora and Torvald and then explain how you would direct your actors in Act 1 in order to reveal the nature of their relationship.
A Doll’s House is a play by Henrik Ibsen based on the twisted relationship of Torvald, a middle class bank manager and his housewife, Nora. As the play progresses we see the cracks in the relationship which has left Nora so unstable and insecure, thus Torvald has such a strong level of control over her.
To effectively portray the instability of Nora, yet prevent her superficial enough to say (insert how beautiful am I quote), so I have decided to cast Anna Netrebko. I have chosen Anna Netrebko to be Nora, for she has previously been cast as Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth. This demonstrates that she can show the progression of madness, yet show such power that Nora would have in manipulation (quote about manipulating Torvald) and stability to leave Torvald at the end of Act Three. Being an opera singer, she would have good control of her voice, which can be used to show the instability of Nora while speaking about her relationship and herself. Her performance in Macbeth was quoted as “one of the greatest triumphs in recent Met history”, so I believe she will thrive in the role of Nora, bringing new dimensions to Nora, one that leaves Torvald broken. Netrebko is 43, a mature age for Nora, but through being older than usually cast, and older than Torvald, it will not only show the manipulation Torvald has faced to believe he can achieve full control over Nora, but also the beauty Nora believes she must have to be able to tempt a man younger than herself into marriage.
CARRY ON TO DISCUSS ACTRESS, TRAITS, OTHER PLAYS, EXPERIENCE, ETC. Talk about how Nora defies Torvald, showing secret power, underlying nature of the relationship.
Torvald is a man built on power. He demands it from not only his work but his home life, and belittles Nora to ensure she stays in her place, comparing her
A Doll’s House is a play by Henrik Ibsen based on the twisted relationship of Torvald, a middle class bank manager and his housewife, Nora. As the play progresses we see the cracks in the relationship which has left Nora so unstable and insecure, thus Torvald has such a strong level of control over her.
To effectively portray the instability of Nora, yet prevent her superficial enough to say (insert how beautiful am I quote), so I have decided to cast Anna Netrebko. I have chosen Anna Netrebko to be Nora, for she has previously been cast as Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth. This demonstrates that she can show the progression of madness, yet show such power that Nora would have in manipulation (quote about manipulating Torvald) and stability to leave Torvald at the end of Act Three. Being an opera singer, she would have good control of her voice, which can be used to show the instability of Nora while speaking about her relationship and herself. Her performance in Macbeth was quoted as “one of the greatest triumphs in recent Met history”, so I believe she will thrive in the role of Nora, bringing new dimensions to Nora, one that leaves Torvald broken. Netrebko is 43, a mature age for Nora, but through being older than usually cast, and older than Torvald, it will not only show the manipulation Torvald has faced to believe he can achieve full control over Nora, but also the beauty Nora believes she must have to be able to tempt a man younger than herself into marriage.
CARRY ON TO DISCUSS ACTRESS, TRAITS, OTHER PLAYS, EXPERIENCE, ETC. Talk about how Nora defies Torvald, showing secret power, underlying nature of the relationship.
Torvald is a man built on power. He demands it from not only his work but his home life, and belittles Nora to ensure she stays in her place, comparing her