Alternate Title Ghosts: A Family Drama by Henrik Ibsen
Production Language Swedish
Country of Origin Sweden
Description Dissipation and disease fester behind a smokescreen of philanthropic do-goodism in the great Ingmar Bergman's searing, sure-to-sell-out production of Ghosts, Henrik Ibsen's hyperrealist drama of a family gone tragically wrong.
Mrs. Helene Alving, a widow living on her husband's estate with her maid, strives to keep up appearances and to maintain his good name. Things aren't as they seem, of course. And the startling truths that inevitably unfold set in motion a series of ultimately calamitous events. In fact, upon the play's premiere in 1881, its tale of debauchery and deceit created such a furor that it was banned from public performances for the subsequent three decades.
Under the astute direction of Bergman, who has lent his psychologically unsparing interpretations to ten previous BAM productions, Ghosts stars longtime Bergman actor Pernilla August (last seen at BAM in the title role of 2002's triumphant Maria Stuart) with fellow Dramaten performers Jan Malmsjö, Jonas Malmsjö, Örjan Ramberg, and Angela Kovács, each of whom brings Ibsen's hapless characters to riveting life.
Identifier 2003s.00759
