Sometimes there is a reason why a great playwright’s early works don’t see the light of day.
This early Ibsen is a cautionary tale.
Worse, in the hands of the old-style Orange Tree orthodoxy, text that doesn’t deserve such respect is given the full length treatment…
…I don’t think we stuck the two hours and forty minutes of this one.
Here is a link to the Orange Tree resource on this one.
Not all that many reviews but surprisingly good ones – this search term finds the reviews for you.
I never thought I’d see the day that Janie and I couldn’t stick an Ibsen.