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Ghosts (Kopit, trans.)

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 3m

Arthur Kopit, Henrik Ibsen

Translated by Arthur Kopit

This famous play by the father of modern drama is a classic of dramatic theatre.

Ghosts (Kopit, trans.)

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    2w, 3m

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This famous play by the father of modern drama is a classic of dramatic theatre. Oswald Alving returns for the dedication of the orphanage to his father’s memory and has a flirtation with the maid who, it turns out, is his father’s illegitimate daughter. The orphanage burns down, the maid runs off in disgust when she learns the truth about her parentage, and Mrs. Alving is left alone to care for her hopelessly insane son who has fallen prey to the social disease that killed his father. 
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    • Mild Adult Themes

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Arthur Kopit

Arthur Kopit

Arthur Kopit (1937-2021), throughout a career spanning seven decades, authored an extraordinary string of admired, acclaimed and award-winning stage works, beginning with Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, which Jerome Robbins directed on ...

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Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

At age 23, Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) became theatre director and resident playwright of the new National Theatre at Bergen, charged with creating a national drama. He directed the Norwegian Theatre in Kristiana from 1857 to 1863, when the theatre went bankrupt. He then set off ...

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