Rosmersholm
by Henrik Ibsentranslated by Mike Poulton
Reading Organized by Elinor Renfield
with Austin Pendleton, Elizabeth Marvel, Michael Countryman, George Morfogen, Philip Goodwin, Cam Kornman reading followed by a talkback____________________
From the Director, Elinor Renfield:
This play written in 1886 precedes Hedda Gabler by four years. There are many who believe this play to be Ibsen’s masterpiece. It presents a portrait of idealism and democracy floundering in a society of conservatism and opportunism. At its center is a character so controversial that many essays, including one by Freud, have been written attempting to analyze her behavior.
