| The Wild Duck Contributor(s): Ibsen, Henrik (Author), Eldridge, David (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0413775755 ISBN-13: 9780413775757 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: An innovative drama of truth and liberty, and one of Ibsen's most frequently staged plays, in a new version by the stage adapter of Festen. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama |
| Dewey: 839.822 |
| Series: Methuen Drama Modern Plays |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.12" W x 7.76" (0.23 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: David Eldridge's new version of Ibsen's classic, published to tie-in with the production at the Donmar Warehouse, London Should the truth be pursued whatever the cost? The idealistic son of a wealthy businessman seeks to expose his father's duplicity and to free his childhood friend from the lies on which his happy home life is based.This new version by David Eldridge of Henrik's Ibsen's classic play of 1884 opened at the Donmar Warehouse in December 2005.'David Eldridge's version brings out Ibsen's permanent relevance without any textual coarsening' Guardian'Five Stars. Flawless' Guardian'A beautifully judged and absorbing piece of work' Independent'Five Stars. Powerful and gripping' The Times'Perhaps the greatest of Ibsen's plays ... A masterly production of a masterpiece' Telegraph |
Contributor Bio(s): Eldridge, David: - David Eldridge was born in Romford, Greater London. His full-length plays include Serving it Up (Bush Theatre, 1996); A Week with Tony (Finborough Theatre, 1996); Summer Begins (NT Studio and Donmar Warehouse, 1997); Falling (Hampstead Theatre, 1999); Under the Blue Sky (Royal Court Theatre, 2000, awarded Best New Play in the West End in 2001); Festen (Almeida and Lyric Theatre, 2004); M.A.D. (Bush Theatre, 2004); Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness (Royal Court Theatre, 2005); a new version of Ibsen's The Wild Duck (Donmar Warehouse, 2005); Market Boy (National Theatre, 2006); a new version of Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman (Donmar Warehouse, 2007); Under the Blue Sky (Duke of York's Theatre, 2008); an adaptation of Jean-Marie Besset's Babylone (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, 2009); A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky, co-written with Robert Holman and Simon Stephens (Lyric Hammersmith, 2010); a new version of Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea (Royal Exchange Theatre, 2010); and In Basildon (Royal Court, 2012).Ibsen, Henrik: - Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen was born in 1828. His plays include Peer Gynt (1867), A Doll's House (1879), Ghosts (1881), An Enemy of the People (1882), Hedda Gabler (1890), and The Master Builder (1892). He died in 1906. |