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Production Requirements: A Costume Plot Database
Play Title: A Doll's House

Title:  A Doll's House
Playwright:  Ibsen, Henrik  Publisher:  Dramatists Play Service
Year  1879  Genre:  Drama
Period:  Bustle  Number of Acts/Scenes  3
Passage of time:  3 days
Basic Plot:  (from script jacket) Nora struggles against the conventions of society as she comes to terms with the falseness of her family life.
Contributor's Name:  M. Cobourn
Contributor's Email:  not available
Budget:  not available
Producing Organization:  n/a
Cast Size As Written
  Male Actors:  6
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  6
Number of Characters as Written
  Male Characters:  6
  Male Chorus Characters:  0
Total Male Characters:  6
Costume Numbers as Written
  Male Costumes:  12
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  12
Actual Cast Size (if produced)
  Male Actors:  4
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  4
Costume Numbers (if produced)
  Male Costumes:  10
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  10
  Female Actors:  4
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  4
 
  Female Characters:  4
  Female Chorus Characters:  0
Total Female Characters:  4
 
  Female Costumes:  9
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  9

  Female Actors:  4
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  4
 
  Female Costumes:  0
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  0
Notes on possible reduction/expansion of characters/costumes:  New costumes may not be required for each new scene.
Quick Changes:  Nora out of Tarantella Costume and into final look.
Specialty/Special effects costumes required:  Nora needs and Italian Tarantella Costume
Other important notes:  Script calls for 2 sons. Our production used one daughter instead. Our proudction cut the nanny character and only used a maid. The translation referenced was published in 1998.

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