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A Christmas Lecture with Paul Johnson
A series of one-hour lectures covering a range of fascinating subjects delivered by faculty members of the University of Chester.
The Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen’s great work of 1879, begins with Nora returning home (to the Doll’s House of the title) laden with Christmas presents; Tom Eyen’s Off-off Broadway play Aretha in the Ice Palace (1970) is set in Santa’s workshop; the hit musical Rent (1996) opens on a scene of struggling artists in the East Village trying to keep warm on Christmas Eve.
This lecture explores how playwrights have used Christmas in the last 140 years of theatre history, and the ways in which ideas of Christmas have been used to represent ideas as varied as rebirth, consumerism, or religious hypocrisy.
Approx 60 mins
It’s Storyhouse’s third Christmas! We’re celebrating the festive season with films, events, activities, and our big family Christmas show: The Snow Queen!!