Yesterday evening Jon, Clara and I went to see Grandpa John's new play A doll's House by Ibsen (John was directing).
The actor playing Nora was excellent and carried the rest of the cast! Thorvald was truly awful. So much so that in the scenes when he was supposed to be displaying a Victorian over bearing and manipulative husband the audience was just laughing!! Auntie Jo thought she wasn't getting the jokes until Jon explained they weren't jokes!
The actor playing Mrs Linden was ok but had a nervous tick and a stammer which made Clara feel like she was on stage while her family were being held hostage. She didn't like to look at her as she made Clara feel nervous!
The direction however was good and we had a fun night playing theatre critiques while none of us would put ourselves in their place.
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