Overview
Synopsis
A Doll's Life is the musical sequel to Ibsen's play A Doll's House. The show focuses on Nora and her experiences when she leaves home and heads for Christiania, as Oslo was known in 1879. Borrowing the fare from a young violinist, Otto, she takes the train to Christiania, where she accepts work in a cafe and soon becomes involved not only with Otto, but Eric Didrickson, the wealthy owner of shipping lines and fish canneries, and Johan Blecker, a lawyer, as well. Throughout the show, scenes in her new life mingle with intermittent flashbacks to the one she left behind.
Show Information
- Book
- Betty Comden , Adolph Green
- Music
- Larry Grossman
- Lyrics
- Betty Comden , Adolph Green
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- First Produced
- 1982
- Genres
- Drama
- Cast Size
- large
- Licensor
- Concord Theatricals
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Large Cast
Context
Plot
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Songs
Act I
- Prologue
- A Woman Alone
- Letter to the Children
- New Year's Eve
- Stay With Me, Nora
- Arrival
- Loki and Baldur
- You Interest Me
- Departure
- Letter From Klemnacht
- Learn to Be Lonely
- Rats and Mice and Fish
- Jailer, Jailer
- Excerpts From Loki and Baldur
- Rare Wines
Act II
- No More Mornings
- There She Is
- Power
- Letter to the Children (Reprise)
- At Last
- The Grand Cafe
- Finale
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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Scenes
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