Ghosts

Ghosts

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

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For the first time ever in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, experience the work of Henrik Ibsen, one of the most influential dramatists of all time, with his scandalous Ghosts, a searing exploration of family secrets and forbidden desire. Plagued by the ugly truth of her late husband’s legacy, Helene vows to erase the past and start again. Ignorant to the reality of his father’s character, Osvald, her son, returns home to face an uncertain future. But when the ember of an illicit romance stands to ruin Helene’s plans to play happy family, she is forced to make a decision that threatens to engulf what’s left of her – and her son’s – life completely. Nearly 150 years after causing a furore when it premiered with its depiction of incest, infection and euthanasia, Director Joe Hill-Gibbins (The Marriage of Figaro, ENO; The Tragedy of King Richard The Second, Almeida), in his Globe debut, brings a new version of the first modern tragedy to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. ‘There are ghosts everywhere. There are ghosts here right now.’

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THELMA HOLT AND NICA BURNS TO PRESENT “GHOSTS” BY HENRIK IBSEN IN A NEW VERSION BY FRANK McGUINNESS WITH IAIN GLEN MAKING HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT OPENING AT THE DUCHESS THEATRE IN THE WEST END ON …
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THELMA HOLT AND NICA BURNS TO PRESENT “GHOSTS” BY HENRIK IBSEN IN A NEW VERSION BY FRANK McGUINNESS WITH IAIN GLEN MAKING HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT OPENING AT THE DUCHESS THEATRE IN THE WEST END ON TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2010

Iain Glen will make his directorial debut with a new production of Ibsen’s “GHOSTS”. This new version by Frank McGuinness of “GHOSTS” will open at the Duchess Theatre in the West End on Tuesday 23 February 2010. Previews will commence on 11 February. “GHOSTS” will play a limited run until 15 May.

Apart from directing, Iain Glen will play ‘Pastor Manders’ and Lesley Sharp will play opposite as ‘Mrs Alving’. Both award-winning actors, Iain Glen and Lesley Sharp are equally well known for their film and television work as for their highly-praised stage work. Harry Treadaway, upcoming young star of British film and television (including “Afterlife”, alongside Lesley Sharp, and Anthony DeEmmony’s “Recovery”, opposite David Tennant), will play ‘Oswald’. Jessica Raine, newly graduated from RADA and seen in “Gethsemane” at the National Theatre, will play ‘Regine’. Malcolm Storry, a veteran of the West End and recently ‘Gandolf’ in “The Lord Of The Rings” at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and ‘Basilio’ in “Life Is A Dream” at the Donmar, will play ‘Engstrand’.

“GHOSTS” will be designed by Stephen Brimson Lewis, with lighting by Oliver Fenwick, and sound & music by Richard Hammarton. With associate direction by Amelia Sears, Iain Glen will direct.

“GHOSTS” will be co-presented in the West End by Thelma Holt and Nica Burns.

 

Info

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
21 New Globe Walk
Bankside, London
SE1 9DT

Evening performances
Monday to Saturday 7.30pm

Matinee performances
Wednesday and Saturday 2.30pm

Duration:
TBC

Directions

English