BINGLEY Little Theatre has proclaimed its latest presentation as one of the finest plays of the 19th century by one of Europe’s greatest playwrights.

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen shocked audiences when it was first performed in 1879.

With its story of complacency, frustration and concealment within marriage, it challenged both the nature of that institution and the assumptions about the roles of men and women on which it rested.

A BLT spokesman said: “A Doll’s House is a play about what the 19th century called ‘the woman question’ – it is a feminist play, but it is much more than those things.

“Around the central figures of man and wife, Norah and Torvald Helmer, Ibsen creates a group of other characters so strongly realised they can scarcely be called secondary. A carefully constructed web of relationships makes the play an examination of the full range of our qualities, good and bad, and a vivid illustration of moral entanglement.

“Watch A Doll’s House, and you can quite see where Nordic noir has its roots – in a culture that understands how we only half-know our own motives and half-control our own actions.”

Bingley Little Theatre performs this great play with a strong cast under an experienced director, Paul Chewins.

Nikki Mason, who has performed in many roles at Ilkley Playhouse, makes her Bingley debut as Nora, the wife who finally breaks free, while Bingley stalwart Glenn Boldy takes the part of her complacent husband, Torvald.

Peter Hall, Julia O’Keefe, Damien O’Keefe and Rosie Brooks are joined by members of Bingley’s junior theatre Kaleidoscope in a play said to engage both the heart and the mind.

A Doll’s House runs at Bingley Arts Centre from Monday April 15 at 7.30pm. Visit ticketsource.co.uk or call 01274 567983 to book tickets.