BAM and Abbey Theatre present the US premiere of Henrik Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman. The play, in a new version by Frank McGuinness, starrs Fiona Shaw, Alan Rickman, Lindsay Duncan and James MacDonald. Premiere on January 7th 2011 at 7.30pm at BAM Harvey Theater in New York.
Jan 7—Feb 6, 2011: Tue—Sat at 7:30pm; Sat at 2pm; Sun at 3pm
Greed is good, according to Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman—until it sends him to prison for embezzlement and leaves him ruined, disgraced, and desperate for a comeback. Three outstanding actors—Lindsay Duncan, Alan Rickman, and Fiona Shaw—join a wonderful ensemble from Ireland’s acclaimed Abbey Theatre to tell this timely tale of one man’s undoing in the wake of relentless deception and fraud.
As portrayed by two-time Tony Award nominee Rickman (director: Creditors, 2010 Spring Season; actor: Private Lives, Broadway; Harry Potter films), Borkman is a man obsessed with reinvention. He schemes in isolation while his estranged wife, played by Shaw (Happy Days, 2008 Spring Season; Medea, 2002 Next Wave), plots the restoration of the family name. Staged by James Macdonald (Top Girls, Broadway; Dying City, Lincoln Center Theater), Ibsen’s mordant drama is triggered by the unannounced arrival—and stunning request—of Borkman’s lover, portrayed by Tony Award winner Duncan (Private Lives, Broadway), whom he abandoned to secure the power that will forever elude his grasp.
Approx 165min with intermission
John Gabriel Borkman
By Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Frank McGuinness
Abbey Theatre, Ireland
Directed by James Macdonald
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