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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."
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.
First presented by Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold, Flintshire, Wales, 25th September 2014
Reviews
"Devestating and masterful"TELEGRAPHPoulton 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"WALES ONLINE
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 ...