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Ghosts (Poulton)

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 3m

Henrik Ibsen, Mike Poulton

Ghosts
by Henrik Ibsen
in a version by Mike Poulton

"We may even be ghosts ourselves. I look out there - everywhere there are spirits - everywhere - in numbers like grains of sand. And we're all - all of us - so pathetically afraid of the light."

Ghosts (Poulton)

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    2w, 3m

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Summary

Oswald returns home from Paris to honour his dead father. As his mother begins to feel the presence of ghosts from the past around her, Oswald discovers that there is more to his mystery illness than he first thought. Only by uncovering the truth can they both be set free.

History

First presented by Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold, Flintshire, Wales, 25th September 2014

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"Devestating and masterful"
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Poulton has "pared down the work to its bare essentials, so it runs for just an hour and 45 minutes without an interval... The changes enable the dramatic tension to build to a fever pitch and a searing final scene without interruption"
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Authors

Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

At age 23, Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) became theatre director and resident playwright of the new National Theatre at Bergen, charged with creating a national drama. He directed the Norwegian Theatre in Kristiana from 1857 to 1863, when the theatre went bankrupt. He then set off ...

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Mike Poulton

Mike Poulton
Mike Poulton’s recent adaptations and translations for the stage include Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA (directed by Lucy Bailey at The Print Room, London); Schiller’s LUISE MILLER (directed by Michael Grandage for the Donmar Warehouse, London); ANJIN:THE ENGLISH SAMURAI (directed by ...
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