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Ghosts review " gasps and laughter greet this modern revamp of Ibsen's shocker by Mark Lawson

Lyric Hammersmith, LondonGary Owen's update changes the names and themes from the original, but retains the toxic power as a stellar cast negotiate the myriad secrets and suspicions When Henrik Ibsen published Ghosts in 1881 " plays then were often released as texts with no production scheduled " the content (sexual transgression, venereal disease, suicide) so shocked many booksellers that they banned it. The book wa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM on April 17, 2025

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