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Tanika Gupta transposes the setting of Henrik Ibsen's classic play to India in1879. 'Nora', now Niru, is an Indian woman married to 'Torvald', now Tom, an English man working for the British Colonial Administration in Calcutta. Niru risks her own reputation in order to save her husband's and in the process discovers herself. Starring Indira Varma and Toby Stephens. This fresh version of A Doll's House takes a fresh look at the play shining a light on British colonial history and race relations as well as gender politics and class. Niru ..... Indira Varma Tom ..... Toby Stephens Mrs Lahiri ..... Shaheen Khan Kaushik Das ..... Shiv Grewal Uma ..... Rani Moorthy Dr Rank ..... Conrad Nelson Bob ..... James Allen Peter ..... Matthew Allen Tabla Maestro ..... Shahbaz Hussain Dancer ..... Anjum Malik Director: Nadia Molinari First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 in October 2012.