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Thurs 29 October - Sat 21 November 2009 ARCHIVE EVENT

Octagon Theatre Bolton presents

Ghosts

By Henrik Ibsen


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“Skeletons are not so much rattled as violently forced out.”
The Independent

“What is shocking is its perpetual relevance to the present”
The Guardian


Written in 1881, Ghosts was deliberately sensational. Ibsen's contemporaries regarded it as shockingly indecent. An English critic described it as ‘a dirty deed done in public’.

Oswald is a young artist who has come back home to be with his mother after a long period abroad. His mother is an educated, Victorian woman, whose radical views are in sharp contrast to the prevailing attitudes in this conservative, northern town.

Oswald’s return and the disturbing news he brings leads to a chain of events that reveals the underlying corruption of this apparently respectable society and leads to a shocking climax. The power and depth of this play had a profound influence on Arthur Miller’s development as a playwright.

Ghosts is gripping, deeply moving and astonishingly modern.

This production is set in Bolton in the late 19th Century.

Cast     Creative Team  
Vanessa Kirby Regina Engstrand   David Thacker Director
Russell Richardson Jacob Engstrand   Erik Skuggevik Translator
George Irving Pastor Manders   Patrick Connellan Designer
Margot Leicester Helena Alving   James Farncombe Lighting Designer
Oscar Pearce Oswald Alving   Brid Andrews Researcher
      Elizabeth Newman Assistant Director
      Andy Smith Sound Designer
      Lesley Hutchison Movement Director
      Carol Sloman Music Consultant
      Julia Horan Casting Director
      Victoria Hubbard DSM

 

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Archive Performance Dates:

Thursday 29 October - Saturday 21 November 2009

Theatre Space: Main Auditorium.
Seating layout: Thrust
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