A Doll's House - Joan Crawford - Basil Rathbone - Henrik Ibsen - Lux Radio Theater

It is Christmas time as Nora Helmer enters her home carrying many packages. Nora's husband Torvald is working in his study when she arrives. He playfully rebukes her for spending so much money on Christmas gifts, calling her his "little squirrel." He teases her about how the previous year she had spent weeks making gifts and ornaments by hand because money was scarce. This year Torvald is due a promotion at the bank where he works, so Nora feels that they can let themselves go a little.
A Doll's House is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is set in a Norwegian town circa 1879.
The play is significant for the way it deals with the fate of a married woman, who at the time in Norway lacked reasonable opportunities for self-fulfillment in a male-dominated world, despite the fact that Ibsen denied it was his intent to write a feminist play. It aroused a great sensation at the time, and caused a "storm of outraged controversy" that went beyond the theatre to the world newspapers and society. (Wikipedia)
Originally Broadcast 6/6//1938
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[@bigbandsrock1]

What a thrill it would have been to have been seated in that audience watching Joan & Mr. Rathbone perform this great play on this Lux program, in person so long ago! Thank you so much for posting! A privilege to listen to!!! ❤️👏🏻

[@rubytuesday5412]

Ooh, Joan and Basil! Thanks Chester, you're the best!

[@alc6276]

The great Basil Rathbone. Thanks!

[@robynconway1286]

Excellent story

[@elizabethcomire6937]

Very good!

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

That woman needs to grow up! The play was very well done.

[@katehobbs2008]

Starts at 3.20

[@jeremybear573]

Thank you but I like the advertisements of these old time shows!

[@Nrvsmum73]

Don't skip the introduction!

[@cousinsister69]

I enjoy the intros + ads too. Hi from Oz. 👇💜🙃

[@jeremybear573]

@@cousinsister69 Baltimore here 😊

[@mathonamoore123]

Thank you.

[@louisbrugnoni1291]

Never read the story but heard of it. Coming in cold.

[@kfitzpatrick2719]

Agree

[@jasonhurd4379]

Joan Crawford as Nora? I can't imagine it. This ought to be interesting.

[@Nrvsmum73]

11/22

[@vajee5]

The note was returned to them. She shouldn’t have left her family. She won’t survive.

[@MichaelYoder1961]

Good adaptation, but Joan was surprisingly over-acted, angst-ridden and breathy. Nonetheless, thanks as always! Love these plays

[@jackiehamilton2738]

She always overacted.

[@pattimaeda6097]

@@jackiehamilton2738 not as much as Bette Davis

[@debbieroberts5866]

How can she leave the children? What an awful ending.

[@charlottebruce979]

She was a notoriously bad mother in real life so it's not surprising. Also next time don't give away the plot, I haven't got to the end!!