y separately published work icon Ghosts (International) assertion single work   drama  
Alternative title: Gengangere
Issue Details: First known date: 1881... 1881 Ghosts
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Ghosts Catherine Shepherd , Australia : ABC Radio National , 1945 12877257 1945 single work radio play

An adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play of the same name.

Ghosts Gale Edwards , 2014 single work drama
Ghosts Eamon Flack , 2017 single work drama

'Since the death of her charismatic but abusive husband, Helene Alving has been treading water in a sea of empty days. What keeps her going is a deeply held belief that salvation can only lie in telling her son Oswald the truth about his father. But when Oswald returns after living as an artist in France, he has his own truth to reveal: he is already living the consequences of his father’s life…' (Production summary)

Ghosts Jodi Gallagher , 2024 single work drama

'Moving the story from its original Norwegian setting to the heat and dust of the Victorian bush in the late nineteenth century, this re-imagining of the Ibsen classic promises to viscerally confront a contemporary Australian audience with the repressed truths of intergenerational illness and trauma.

'We follow Mrs Alving as she tries to shield her son, Oswald, from the truth of their family’s past. But as ghostly secrets unravel, she is forced to confront the reality of their lives, buried under her compulsion to maintain outward propriety and duty. GHOSTS is a journey through the shadows of hidden sins and the quest for truth.'

Source: Theatre Works.

Notes

  • Ghosts is included in AustLit because of Australian-written adaptations.

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