ibsens norawomen in the saarc continent and especially in more stringent cultures are still captive of the identity imposed upon them by the hegemony pakistan has a tough history of womens liberation and with the recent incident of malala yousafzai do you think such a theme will have tremendous significance and impact yes i think that this theme is of great significance in our society the whole issue is of a womans identity is she to be defined only by her biological role all of it is brought into question of course in pakistan this play becomes controversial but then controversy is what urges people to think makes people question and that is exactly what we aim to do through theatreibsen had to alter the ending in 1879 owing to commercial pressures does your play retain the original ending ie of nora exiting the home or does it show tehmima collapsing or do you give it a flavour of your own in our play tehmima leaves her home her husband and her children by the end of the play it dawns on her that she has simply been a stupid unthinking woman her realisation about the chauvinistic character of her husband also leads her to move away from him she goes out to find her self her identity her dignityhave you performed this play in pakistan how was it received by the audience there oh yes of course we have performed it in pakistan in lahore in karachi and then in dhaka bangladesh it has had very wonderful reviews and was received very wellwhat are the future performances that you are looking forward to we are working on a performance on the great urdu short story writer saadat hasan mantowhat delhi ibsen festival 2012play gurrya ka ghar henrik ibsens a dolls houseduration 65 minutesdate and time 4 december 2012 7 pm and 5 december 2012 4 pmvenue ltg auditorium new delhicast tehmina murads wife played by mahvash faruqi murad tehminas husband played by saife hasan saleem tehminas cousin played by saleem mairaj sakina a workingclass woman played by sheema kermaniprompterstage hand asma mundrawalastage hand mohsin khanset and light design anwer jafridirector anwer jafri arunimamazumdarindiatimescoin