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Writer: Ingmar Bergman adapted from A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen) Translators: Frederick J Marker and Lise-Lone Marker Music: Simon Slater Director: Patricia Benecke Reviewer: Selwyn Knight The Public Reviews Rating: Nora seems to have the world at her feet. A childlike flibbertigibbet who is thrilled that her husband, Torvald, has a new, important job at the bank [...]

Writer: Henrik Ibsen Adaptor: Bryony Lavery Director: Chris Honer Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: Often regarded as one of the very first feminist plays, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House was truly controversial in it’s time. Although the subject matter has certainly lost it’s sensationalism in the intervening years, the Library Theatre Company’s current production still packs [...]

Writer: Henrik Ibsen Adaptor: David Eldridge from a literal translation by Charlotte Barslund Director: Sarah Frankcom Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: On the rebound from a relationship with a man who seemed to epitomise the restless sea she adores Ellida ( Neve McIntosh) marries decent but dull doctor Wangel ( Reece Dinsdale) . Unable to be [...]

Writer: Henrik Ibsen Translator: David Edgar Director: Philip Franks Reviewer: Howard Holdsworth The Public Reviews Rating: I was privileged to witness one of the most exhilarating evenings I have ever spent in the theatre last night. In a World Premiere of David Edgar’s new version of Henrik Ibsen’s rarely performed masterpiece, “The Master Builder”, which is the closing [...]

Writer: Henrik Ibsen Translator: Michael Meyer Director: Adrian Noble Reviewer: Elizabeth Vile The Public Reviews Rating: “Life for Hedda is a farce, which it isn’t worth seeing through to the end” – a note by Ibsen The above note made by Ibsen while he was writing Hedda Gabler seems to me to encapsulate the feeling of the character [...]