This was written when Ibsen was living in Rome. It was customary to publish plays before they were performed. This play appeared in bookshops in Denmark in December 1881.
'They cut this down to 90 minutes.' Shortly after Ibsen's death in 1906, director Max Reinhardt asked painter Edvard Munch to design the set for his production of 'Ghosts.' Munch had no experience of stage design but helped the actors by doing sketches of the characters in scenes, expressing what was going on in their minds.
'No intermission.'
You leave the theatre underscored by the conclusion that it's impossible to achieve joy in life.
Gengangere was(is) the true actual title. It means, 'a thing that walks again.'
This is a play and story about a physical disease and forgotten that the disease is both real and a metaphor for a rotting society.
'Reviews are outstanding,' someone said. And are worthy. What lies in the process of directing a play and translating it is a matter of making choices.
'The short "attention span" of contemporary U.S. audiences was blamed for the reduction of time.'
The set expressed sickness and sick surroundings, cast in muted yellows.
The set expressed sickness and sick surroundings, cast in muted yellows.
Sad :( But ...
That said, the 'Enter the Dragon' vinyl film score has been fished, and located, inside of a 'Heart-Shaped Box' by Jane Public. Tonight's wood floored Wall St. apt. playwriting shall be 'action-packed.'
Bravo! Bravo ! Bravo!!!
To live is to war with trolls in heart and soul. To write is to sit in judgement of oneself.
Bye.
