Ghosts (original Danish title: Gengangere) is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was written in 1881 and first staged in 1882. Like many of Ibsen's better-known plays, Ghosts is a scathing commentary on 19th-century morality.
The play was originally written in Danish. The word "Gengangere" is not Norwegian. The Norwegian word is "Gjengangere" but the translation is reasonable, literally translated as "again walkers". Norwegians also use the term about people who frequently show up in the same places, be they pubs, parties or first nights or other places or occasions.
Synopsis
Scene: The action takes place at Mrs. Alving's country house, beside one of the large fjords in Western Norway.
Characters
In order of appearance
- Regina Engstrand, Mrs. Alving's maid
- Jacob Engstrand, a carpenter
- Pastor Manders
- Mrs. Helen Alving, widow of Captain Alving, late Chamberlain to the King
- Oswald Alving, her son, a painter
Production History
Date | Venue | Company | 2021 |
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Nov 10, 2002 | East 13th St CSC Theatre | Classic Stage Company | |
Oct 5, 1988 | Union Square Theatre | Roundabout Theatre Company | |
Aug 30, 1982 | Brooks Atkinson Theatre | ||
Mar 6, 1975 | Susan Stein Shiva Theater | Joseph Papp Public Theater | |
Mar 13, 1973 | Roundabout Theatre | Roundabout Theatre Company | |
1958 | The Old Vic | RSC | x |
Feb 16, 1948 | Cort Theatre | ||
Mar 21, 1937 | Vanderbilt Theatre | ||
Dec 12, 1935 | Empire Theatre | ||
May 23, 1933 | Sutton Show Shop | ||
Jan 10, 1927 | Mansfield Theatre | ||
Mar 16, 1926 | Comedy Theatre | ||
Dec 8, 1923 | Century Theatre | ||
Feb 7, 1919 | Longacre Theatre | ||
May 7, 1916 | Comedy Theatre | ||
Apr 20, 1915 | Longacre Theatre | ||
Mar 14, 1912 | Garrick Theatre | ||
Mar 3, 1903 | Mrs. Osborn's Playhouse | ||
Jan 5, 1894 | Berkeley Lyceum Theatre | ||
Mar 13, 1891 | Royalty Theatre | ||
May 1882 | Aurora Turner Hall |