Richard Eyre: why Ibsen is the godfather of bad-marriage drama from Strindberg to Doctor Foster
Written from bitter experience, Ibsen's Little Eyolf is a bleak and brutal exploration of marital isolation. Ahead of his new staging, Richard Eyre explains why its heartbreak and hope resonate now more than everIf I said that to watch Henrik Ibsen's Little Eyolf is a terrifying experience, you might think I was being histrionic; and if I said that to experience that terror is enlightening, you might think I was bein…