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John Gabriel Borkman
Written by Henrik Ibsen
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John Gabriel Borkman is the penultimate play of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, written in 1896. The Borkman family fortunes have been brought low by the imprisonment of John Gabriel who used his position as a bank manager to illegally speculate with his investors' money. The action of the play takes place eight years after Borkman's release when John Gabriel Borkman, Mrs. Borkman, and her twin sister Ella Rentheim battle over the future of young Erhart Borkman. Though John Gabriel Borkman continues the line of naturalism and social commentary that marks Ibsen's middle period, the final act suggests a new phase for the playwright, a phase brought to fruition in his final more symbolic work When We Dead Awaken. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Cast
John Gabriel Borkman: Bruce Pirie
Mrs. Gunhild Borkman: Arielle Lipshaw
Erhart Borkman: Ernst Pattynama
Ella Rentheim: Elizabeth Klett
Mrs. Fanny Wilton: Availle
Vilhelm Foldal: Alan Mapstone
Frida Foldal: Grace Garrett
Mrs. Borkman's Maid: Amanda Friday
Narrator: Robin King
Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett
Cast
John Gabriel Borkman: Bruce Pirie
Mrs. Gunhild Borkman: Arielle Lipshaw
Erhart Borkman: Ernst Pattynama
Ella Rentheim: Elizabeth Klett
Mrs. Fanny Wilton: Availle
Vilhelm Foldal: Alan Mapstone
Frida Foldal: Grace Garrett
Mrs. Borkman's Maid: Amanda Friday
Narrator: Robin King
Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett
Author
Henrik Ibsen
Born in 1828, Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and poet, often associated with the early Modernist movement in theatre. Determined to become a playwright from a young age, Ibsen began writing while working as an apprentice pharmacist to help support his family. Though his early plays were largely unsuccessful, Ibsen was able to take employment at a theatre where he worked as a writer, director, and producer. Ibsen’s first success came with Brand and Peter Gynt, and with later plays like A Doll’s House, Ghosts, and The Master Builder he became one of the most performed playwrights in the world, second only to William Shakespeare. Ibsen died in his home in Norway in 1906 at the age of 78.
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