Details

Written in 1897 and one of the author's last plays. John Gabriel Borkman has been in voluntary seclusion in an upstairs room since serving a prison sentence for embezzlement. His estranged wife Gunhild, her twin sister Ella, his son Erhart, the divorcee Mrs Wilton and Borkman himself, are all trapped in a suffocating atmosphere of their household. There are only two ways out.

Cast/Performers

Simon Russell Beale (Borkman), Clare Higgins (Gunhild), Lia Williams (Ella Rentheim), Sebastian De Souza (Erhart Borkman), Daisy Ou (Frida Foldal), Laila Rouass (Fanny Wilton), Michael Simkins (Wilhelm Foldal)

Creatives/Company

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Adapted by: Lucinda Coxon (from a literal translation by Charlotte Barslund)
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Design: Anna Fleischle
Costume: Liam Bunster