Ellida, the lighthouse-keeper’s daughter, is trapped in her marriage and longs for the sea. When a former lover returns from years of absence, she is forced to decide between freedom and the new life she has made for herself.
Relocated to the Caribbean in the 1950s, Elinor Cook's version of Henrik Ibsen’s shattering 1888 play about duty and self-determination premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2017, in a production directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah.
'One of the strangest and most haunting of Ibsen's works… Elinor Cook's sharp adaptation and relocation to a post-colonial British island manages to update the proceedings while also emphasising the social expectations that make this less of a paradise than it looks for the female characters in the play… draws on its Caribbean setting for some fine moments of humour' – Independent
'Elinor Cook’s new version clarifies a familiar text… the dialogue [is] updated with a good deal of ingenuity' – Guardian
Relocated to the Caribbean in the 1950s, Elinor Cook's version of Henrik Ibsen’s shattering 1888 play about duty and self-determination premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2017, in a production directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah.
'One of the strangest and most haunting of Ibsen's works… Elinor Cook's sharp adaptation and relocation to a post-colonial British island manages to update the proceedings while also emphasising the social expectations that make this less of a paradise than it looks for the female characters in the play… draws on its Caribbean setting for some fine moments of humour' – Independent
'Elinor Cook’s new version clarifies a familiar text… the dialogue [is] updated with a good deal of ingenuity' – Guardian
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About the author
Elinor Cook won the George Devine Award 2013 for Most Promising Playwright. Her plays include: Pilgrims (High Tide Festival and Yard Theatre, London, 2016); The Rehearsal (LAMDA); Ten Weeks (Paines Plough/Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama); Image of an Unknown Young Woman (Gate Theatre, London, 2015); The Girl’s Guide to Saving the World (High Tide Festival, 2014); The Boy Preference (National Theatre Connections); and this is where we got to when you came in (non zero one/Bush Theatre).She also wrote an episode of The Secrets for BBC One, directed by Dominic Savage.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 144 ● ISBN 9781780019765 ● File size 0.6 MB ● Publisher Nick Hern Books ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5525559 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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