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“This
spare, seamless production touches the raw nerve
and might well be a definitive interpretation
of Ibsen for our times.”
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Production Information
Written in 1881, Ghosts was deliberately
sensational. Ibsen's contemporaries regarded
it as shockingly indecent. An English critic
described it as ‘a dirty deed done in
public’.
Oswald is a young artist who has come back
home to be with his mother after a long period
abroad. His mother is an educated, Victorian
woman, whose radical views are in sharp contrast
to the prevailing attitudes in this conservative,
northern town.
Oswald’s return and the disturbing news
he brings leads to a chain of events that reveals
the underlying corruption of this apparently
respectable society and leads to a shocking
climax. The power and depth of this play had
a profound influence on Arthur Miller’s
development as a playwright.
Ghosts is gripping, deeply moving
and astonishingly modern.
This production is set in Bolton in the late
19th Century.
Please note:
there will be smoking on stage during this production.
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