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THE WILD DUCK
By Henrik Ibsen. A New Version by David Eldridge

THE WILD DUCK

By Henrik Ibsen. A New Version by David Eldridge
8 December 2005 – 18 February 2006

Should the truth be pursued whatever the cost? The idealistic son of a wealthy businessman seeks to expose his father's duplicity and to free his childhood friend from the lies on which his happy home life is based.

The Wild Duck with its innovatory symbolism and its touching portrait of a fourteen-year-old girl held in thrall by her feckless father is one of Ibsen’s most frequently staged plays.

This new version by David Eldridge premiered at the Donmar Warehouse directed by Michael Grandage, on the 100th anniversary of Henrik Ibsen's death.

 

★★★★★ 'Flawless' Guardian

★★★★★ 'Powerful and gripping' The Times

'A beautifully judged and absorbing piece of work' Independent

'Perhaps the greatest of Ibsen's plays ... A materly production of a masterpiece' Telegraph

CAST

Petterson John Atterbury

Mrs Sørby Susan Brown

Jenson Peter Caulfield

Gregers Werle Ben Daniels

Old Ekdal Peter Eyre

Gina Ekdal Michelle Fairley

Håkon Werle William Gaunt

Hjalmar Ekdal Paul Hilton

Balle/Molvik Sean Jackson

Relling Nicholas Le Prevost

Hedwig Sinead Matthews

Flor Richard Syms

 

PRODUCTION

Director Michael Grandage

Designer Vicki Mortimer

Lighting Designer Neil Austin

Music and Sound Score Adam Cork

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Supported by Stuart & Hilary Williams


This production is part of breathless… 

International Herald Tribune Arts Season London 2005