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Ibsen's Ghosts: a resounding flop that still returns to haunt us by Michael Billington

Despite being panned as 'a dirty act done publicly' on its London premiere, the tragedy is now regarded as a classic " here are three productions that radically shifted our perspective Today most of us believe in Ghosts so we forget what a rough ride Ibsen's play initially had. In the early 1880s it was brutally rejected not only by the theatres in Ibsen's native Norway but by all the major European playhouses. Even …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PM on November 6, 2023

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