Ghosts

Iain Glen and Lesley Sharp star in the new Frank McGuinness version of Ibsen s Ghosts . Besides directing the show, Iain Glen plays family confidant Pastor Manders . Lesley Sharp, seen recently in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at the Vaudeville Theatre, takes the role of widower Mrs Alving .

Widower Mrs Alving prepares to dedicate an orphanage in memory of her late husband. Her son Osvald, a struggling artist, returns home for the opening. Gradually the ghosts of the dead father s past come back to haunt the present, throwing family life into turmoil and Osvald s own future into doubt.

Written in 1881 by Norwegian playwright Henrick Ibsen Ghosts is a powerful and poignant moral drama. Provocative and sensational, the taboo topics of illegitimacy and congenital disease are publicly laid bare.

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Ibsen’s Ghosts with Lesley Sharp

 

Lesley Sharp features in the new Frank McGuinness version of Henrick Ibsen’s ‘Ghosts’ at the Duchess Theatre. The ‘The Rise and Fall of Little Voice’ star plays ‘Mrs Alving’ in the new production. Iain Glen makes his directorial debut, as well as playing Alving family confidant ‘Pastor Manders’.

 

Mrs Alving is preparing to open an orphanage dedicated to her dead husband. She is hiding the troubles of her marriage; in particular her late husband’s philandering. Her son Osvald, an artist, returns home for the opening. Slowly the ghosts of the father’s past creep into the present, threatening to tear apart the family for good.