Stage: Ghosts (London)

Duchess Theatre; London; February 23 – March 27, 2010

After seeing this seemingly aimless production, I took up the program to look for some statement of directorial intention. But the “Henrik Ibsen said this” and “Henrik Ibsen did that” of the program text, presented through a series of quotes and anecdotes, in which the director of the present production was absent, was fit for Cliffs Notes. This reinscription of what might be called (with a hint of melancholy) “Ibsen the classic” perfectly reflected director Iain Glen’s production (in Frank McGuinness’ serviceable translation), which fell tediously short of the complexity of Ibsen’s play.

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