Stage: Rosmersholm (NYC)

The Pearl Theatre; New York City; November 12 – December 19, 2010

One of the most remarkable things about the dramas of Ibsen’s middle period is the way that, to a much greater extent than any other Western dramatist with a strong interest in social questions, the plays continue to resonate powerfully more than a century after their creation. I was struck last season, during our ongoing political and economic crisis, at how immediately relevant were Dr. Stockmann’s misgivings about the majority and their easy manipulation by the media and by demagogic politicians.

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