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John Gabriel Borkman

© John Gabriel Borkman in a new version by Frank McGuinness

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Frank McGuinness 

  • Athchóirithe/ Aistrithe ó

    Henrik Ibsen

  • Nótaí Faoin Údar

    A new version from a literal translation of Ibsen's 1896 play.

  • Suíomh

    The action takes place during a winter evening at the Rentheim family estate outside the capital.

  • Achoimre

    John Gabriel Borkman was once a great man. Wealthy, powerful, revered. He gave up love for success and was handsomely rewarded.

    But now, disgraced and destitute after a financial scandal and jail, the former director of the bank paces out each day, alone in an upstairs room, planning his comeback.

    Downstairs his wife Gunhild lives a parallel life, plotting for their son to restore the family’s reputation. The claustrophobia of their lives is shattered once and for all with the arrival of Gunhild’s twin sister Ella, the woman whose love Borkman gave away…

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Athchóiriú/Aistriúchán

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Cast size

  • Male

    3

  • Female

    5

  • Total

    8

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Mrs Fanny Wilton Cathy Belton
Malene Joan Sheehy
Vilhelm Foldal John Kavanagh (1)
Erhart Borkman Marty Rea
Mrs Gunhild Borkman Fiona Shaw
John Gabriel Borkman Alan Rickman
Miss Ella Rentheim Lindsay Duncan
Frida Foldal Amy Molloy
Foireann Léirithe  
Rigeálaí Flywire/ The Rigging Corporation
Stiúrthóir James MacDonald
Dearthóir Seit Tom Pye
Dearthóir Soilsithe Jean Kalman
Dearthóir Feistis Joan Bergin
Dearthóir Fuaime Ian Dickinson
Andrea Ainsworth
Stiúrthóir Cúnta Sophie Motley
Leas-Bhainisteoir Stáitse Tara Furlong
Leas-Bhainisteoir Stáitse Róisín Coyle
Stephen Dempsey
Tógáil Seit Object Construction
Dearthóir Grafach Zero- G
Grianghrafadóireacht Ros Kavanagh
Amanda Coogan
Conor Linehan
Lily Mollgaard
Pádraig Cusack
Holly Ní Chiardha
Charlotte Barslund
Val Sherlock
Paula McRedmond
Ruth McCreery
Emer Cassidy

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen/ in a version by Frank McGuinness

  • Bliain

    2010

  • Foilsithe ag

    Faber and Faber

  • Seoladh

    74-77 Great Russell Street
    London WC1B 3DA
    England

  • Guthán

    + 44 (0)20 7465 0045

  • Ríomhphost

    contact@faber.co.uk

  • Suíomh Idirlín

    www.faber.co.uk

  • ISBN

    978-0571273300

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Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Críoch

    All Territories

  • Cinéal Cearta

    All Rights

  • Teagmháil

    Mel Kenyon, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates Ltd

  • Seoladh

    Waverley House, 7-12 Noel Street
    London W1F 8GQ
    England

  • Guthán

    + 44 (0)20 7287 4450

  • Ríomhphost

    info@casarotto.co.uk

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.