Duncan Macmillan's stunning and resonant adaptation of Henrik Ibsens Rosmersholm. This revival of a masterpiece charts love, politics, past and future, with plenty of twists thrown in for good measure. Rosmersholm is positioned against the backdrop of a looming election, an atmosphere of uncertainty and a bloodthirsty press. In the grand house of an influential dynasty, John Rosmer holds the future in his hands. As he wanders the line between idealism and a painful past, he finds himself ever more torn.
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Weight: 144g
Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
Publication Date: 22 Apr 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781786827517
About Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) has been described as 'the father of modern theatre'. Most of his early plays were traditional historical dramas. After 'Peer Gynt' a fairy-tale fantasy in verse Ibsen wrote the rest of his plays in prose and came to be regarded as the great Naturalist dramatist. Duncan Macmillan's work has been performed throughout the world including at the National Theatre Royal Court Almeida Barbican St Ann's Warehouse Melbourne Theatre Company Berliner Ensemble Hamburg Schauspielhaus Schauspielhaus Ko ln Burgtheater Vienna Vesturport Kansallisteatteri Nationaltheatret Oslo and in the repertory of the Schaubuhne Berlin as well as the Edinburgh Festival the Manchester International Festival Salzburg Festival Festival d'Avignon and Theatertreffen in the West End and on Broadway. His plays include Lungs; People Places and Things; Every Brilliant Thing; Rosmersholm (adapt. Henrik Ibsen); 1984 (adapt. George Orwell co-written and co-directed with Robert Icke); City Of Glass (adapt. Paul Auster) and 2071 (co-written with Chris Rapley) all published by Oberon Books. Other plays include The Forbidden Zone; Wunschloses Ungluck (adapt. Peter Handke); Reise Durch die Nacht (adapt. Friederike Mayro cker). Both 1984 and People Places and Things were nominated for Best New Play at the Olivier Awards.
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