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RUMAH BONEKA and adaptation for Indonesia of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll' HAouse

This project was initiated by Faiza Mardzoeki, who is also the producer. Ms Faiza has translated Ibsen’s work and also adapted it to the Indonesian context, in particular contemporary Jakarta. Ibsen wrote “A Doll’s House” in 1879. It is a work by Ibsen that has become internationally renowned and has been performed in numerous countries around the world.

Ibsen’s story in his play “A Doll’s House” is very relevant to Indonesian society. In this adaptation, the story revolves around the experiences of a Jakarta middle class family. A husband and wife are confronted with the challenge of questioning the values in the marriage and family life. “A Doll’s House” also challenges us to re-think questions of morality, religion and society in a society full of mental corruption and hypocrisy.

Faiza Mardzoeki’s adaptation of Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” performed in the Gedung Kesenian Jakarta between 30 November and 4 December, 2011.
This is a production of Institut Ungu together with Pentas Indonesia, with the support of the Norwegian Embassy, the Gedung Kesenian Jakarta and Gathaya Performing Arts.

The lead role of Nora in a “A Doll’s House” played by double cast Maya Hasan and Chantal Della Concetta(a film and theatre actress and Indonesia’s leading harpist). Other players are Ayu Diah Pasha (a television, film and theatre actress), Ayez Kassar (a graduate of the Jakarta Institute of Arts and a an actor with wide experience), Teuku Rifnu Wikana (a rising film actor), Willem Bevers (a theatre and film actor, who played a lead role in Nyai Ontosoroh) and Pipien Putri.


Synopsis
A Doll’s House, a 3 act play, tells of events in a middle class Jakarta home. It depicts a husband and wife who have to question the values underpinning their marriage and family life.
Nora was a ballet dancer as a young woman. After she marries, she gives up her dancing to look after her two children and husband, Tommy Herlambang. Tommy contracted cancer and had to go to Singapore for expensive medical treatment. At that point in his career, Tommy would have been unable to afford such treatment. In order to save her husband, Nora borrows money from Togar, a friend of Tommy’s from college days. She does this without anybody knowing, including her husband. In order to make her repayments, Nora works secretly as a sales person in multi-level marketing. Her husband was cured and then later her husband’s career advances again and he is appointed one of the directors of Bank Rekayasa Dana. Just as this happens, Nora’s secret debts are revealed and this provokes a fight between Nora and her husband. Her husband accuses her of betraying, while in fact Nora did it all out of love. Out of this comes a questioning – and even a challenging - of values, relations, of religion, or how personal relations are conducted.

CHARACTERS:
Nora: the wife of Tommy Herlambang.
Tommy Herlambang: Nora’s husband, appointed as a director of Bank Rekayasa Dana.
Togar: who has lent money to Nora, a college friend of Tommy Herlambang.
Dr. Franky: a family friend of the Herlambangs.
Christina Linda: a college days friend of Nora.
Bibi Heni: the Herlambang’s housemaid and nanny
Ivan and Emmy: Nora and Tommy Herlambang’s children.