Performance

VenueBirmingham Repertory Theatre
Other spaces: The Door
TownBirmingham
CountyWest Midlands
From7th March 2008
Opened11th March 2008
To29th March 2008
PricesFrom £10.00. To £25.00.
What is currently on at Birmingham Repertory Theatre (V143)

The Lady from the Sea

T775152830
Ellida, the Lighthouse Keeper's daughter, is homesick for the sea. Her life with her husband Dr Wangel and his daughters leaves her restless. Then, on a hot, brilliantly clear summer morning life changes...Ellida Wangel's mysterious seafaring lover has returned after many years to reclaim the woman to whom he believed himself to be betrothed. With piercing eyes he exerts a mesmerising hold over all whom he encounters. Yet, he is a man with a past, a murderer, a man of the sea. What is Ellida to do? Whom should she choose? The husband who loves her and is prepared to grant her freedom or the enigmatic man with whom she shares the same watery affinity. A man who holds a 'horrible unfathomable power' over her mind. Yet Ellida's mind is like the sea, it ebbs and flows and finally reaches its own firm conclusion. The Lady from the Sea (1888) represents an important turning point in Ibsen's work. Within a few days of its publication Edmund Gosse wrote 'There is thrown over the whole play a glamour of romance, of mystery, of landscape beauty...moreover, after so many tragedies, this is a comedy...the tone is quite unusually sunny, and without a tinge of pessimism.' This play explores the hypnotic hold one person may gain over another. It is an emphatic defence of individuality, of inner struggles faced with courage and integrity.
Author Henrik Ibsen


Archive :: production:T775152830, play:S823057052, venue:V143

Production details

Special Performances


  • 25 Mar 08 Captioned
  • 26 Mar 08 Audio Described
  • 27 Mar 08 Sign Interpreted

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Company

Company Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company
Director Lucy Bailey
Design Mike Britton
Lighting Oliver Fenwick
Performer Louis Hilyer (Dr Wangel)
Performer Oliver Boot (Stranger)
Performer Kim Durham (Ballested)
Performer Amu McAllister (Hilde)
Performer Simon Scardifield (Arnholm)
Performer Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Lygnstrand)
Performer Hannah Young (Boletta)
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