Ghosts
I feel that the strength of the production was in Ibsen's compelling language rather than lavish production or exceptional performances.
Ghosts
Ghosts
I feel that the strength of the production was in Ibsen's compelling language rather than lavish production or exceptional performances.
Why see Ghosts?
Classic drama about a woman's struggle against prejudice and fear written in 1881.
On her country estate, Mrs Alving is building an orphanage in memory of her dead husband. As her son Oswald, a successful artist living in Paris, returns home and the Pastor arrives to dedicate the orphanage, it seems she can finally bury the painful memories of her past.
But over the course of one day, the dark secrets and unresolved tensions of the past are brutally exposed.
The strange and complex relationships that bind Mrs Alving and her son to their maid Regina, her father Engstrand and to the priest Manders come to light - and we discover the shocking truth about her dead husband.
Key Information
Audience
Ghosts is suitable for audiences aged 12 and upwards.
Dates
Finished 27 Mar 2010
Cast
Lesley Sharp
Ian Glen
Malcolm Storry
Harry Treadaway
Ian Glen
Malcolm Storry
Harry Treadaway
Creative
Author: Henrik Ibsen
Director: Ian Glen
Director: Ian Glen
Reviews
Customer reviews
2 reviews, average rating: (1.3 Stars)
Susan Sargeaunt
Mother Love
It started with the usual done for woman surrounded by men who didn't match up, an alcoholic, libertine, husband whose illicit affairs birthed a syphilitic son, and an illegitemate daughter, who then conjoined as incestuous lovers, and, who, when made aware, became alienated and abandoned, the only recourse being to self- terminate or self- prostitute.
The Mother realised she had been the one to extinguish all light, all joy, both with her husband and son, and that agony was excruciating. ... Read more
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