Written by Henrik Ibsen and adapted by the award winning writer Tanika Gupta, this new take on an old classic explores gender politics, ownership and race in 1879, Calcutta. 'A Doll's House' was directed by Rachel O'Riordan as the first production of her inaugural season as Lyric Artistic Director in September 2019.
Niru is a young Bengali woman married to an English colonial bureaucrat, Tom. He loves Niru, exoticising her as a frivolous plaything to be admired and kept. But Niru has a long-kept secret, and just as she thinks she is almost free of it, it threatens to bring her life crashing down around her.
Cast & Creative Team
Niru – Anjana Vasan
Tom Helmer – Elliot Cowan
Uma –Arinder Sadhra
Dr Rank – Colin Tierney
Mrs Lahiri – Tripti Tripuraneni
Kaushik Das – Assad Zaman
New Adaption by Tanika Gupta
Directed by Rachel O’Riordan
Designed by Lily Arnold
Lighting by Kevin Treacy
Composition by Arun Ghosh
Casting by Stuart Burt CDG
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