The Lady from the Sea

I’ve written a review of Simon Stone’s The Lady from the Sea at the Bridge Theatre, London. It’s a powerful and interesting production but — like Ghosts at the Lyric Hammersmith and My Master Builder in the West End, both earlier this year — takes the route of entirely rewriting Ibsen. I offer some sceptical thoughts about the value of doing this and how, far from producing a more radical version, it perhaps obscures the challenge and excitement of the original.

• https://theconversation.com/the-lady-from-the-sea-a-fierce-play-that-shies-from-the-wonderful-unknowability-of-henrik-ibsens-original-265515