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

• Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

  13 October 2010

• Nótaí faoin Léiriú

  Performed as part of the 2010 Dublin Theatre Festival

• Leiriú

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Foinse Eolais

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